The Hidden History Of American Oligarchy : Reclaiming Our Democracy From The Ruling Class

9781523091607

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Electronic reproduction. New York Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2021 Available via World Wide Web

Modern oligarchy erupts
A second American Civil War?
Control the media
If you don't yet own the media, manipulate it
Controlling congress (both federal and state)
Seize the courts
The presidency : trump's playbook
Inevitable tyranny
How oligarchs seized the GOP the crisis
1,000 years of oligarchy
An awakened generation challenges British oligarchy
Revolutionary principles : born equal
Why slavery persisted
Best laid plans for liberty : ending American slavery
New technology, new oligarchy
Where cotton is king, cotton makes kings
The oligarchs' war
Control and safety : the conservatism of oligarchy
Controlling the commoners : through debt, oligarchs can still own
People
Controlling the commoners : medical debt
Controlling the commoners : illiteracy and student debt
Controlling the commoners : when all else fails, bring in the police
The oligarchs' biggest threat : an educated middle class with leisure
How the oligarchs bought corporate personhood
The supreme court sets up American oligarchy
"Starve the beast" and gut the republic
Holding power : buying friends on both sides of the aisle
Lies : the first step from oligarchy to tyranny
Tyrants modify the very language of a culture
"Deconstruct the state"
Scapegoating to dilute the outrage
Scapegoating race, religion, gender
Normalizing outrageous behavior
Tyrants always corrupt police
A tyrant's tool : obedience
Take militias and violence seriously
Notice their symbology
Breaking oligarchy : the oligarchs' media empire
Breaking oligarchy : a free press
Breaking oligarchy : economic rights for everybody
Breaking oligarchy : tax the crap out of the rich
Breaking oligarchy : publicly funded elections
Support the resistance
Breaking oligarchy : restore election integrity
Breaking oligarchy : build progressive institutions
Breaking oligarchy : rebuild a progressive democratic party
We now know. .

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