WHY ARE THE CONSERVATIVES ON TOP?

From AlterNet:

The story of the conservative rise that Stein portrays begins back in the early 1970s, when there was panic among conservatives, especially in corporate boardrooms, that capitalism was under serious attack, and something drastic had to be done about it. The National Chamber of Commerce asked Lewis Powell, a former head of the American Bar Association and member of 11 corporate boards, to write a blueprint of what had to be done. The result, says Stein, is one the most prescient documents of our time. The memo lays out the framework, the goals and the ingredients for the conservative revolution that has gained momentum and power ever since. Two months after penning the memo, then-President Richard M. Nixon appointed Powell, a Democrat, to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Powell told the conservatives that they needed to confront liberalism everywhere and needed a "scale of financing only available through a joint effort" focused on an array of principles including less government, lower taxes, deregulation and challenging the left agenda everywhere. The conservative right, starting with seed money from the Coors Brewing family and Richard Mellon Scaife's publishing enterprise, moved forward to implement virtually every element of the Powell memo. It is a story of how the conservatives – in spite of political differences, ego, and competing priorities – were able to cooperate and develop a methodology that drives their issues and values relentlessly.

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Hillary Clinton's "vast right-wing conspiracy" really does exist, except for the fact that it's not truly a conspiracy because the whole thing has been doen openly. Nonetheless, the mainstream media has ignored completely this massive, thirty year, conservative effort to change the way America thinks. So, for most Americans, the conservative rise to power may as well be a conspiracy. When liberals talk about the vast right-wing conspiracy, then, conservatives can beat their chests and act as though their accusers are nuts, and the media generally airs such faux indignation without critique, reinforcing the invisibility of conservative propaganda power. Meanwhile, liberals whine and bitch at each other as the house burns down.

Go check out this article; it offers some interesting suggestions about how to get the country out of this wicked little knot.

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