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I_UndergroundPanther

(12,467 posts)
Sun May 3, 2020, 10:27 PM May 2020

"philosopher"of the pathocracy of the republicans


..they will typically mention figures like free market-champion Milton Friedman, libertarian guru Ayn Rand, and laissez-faire economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises.

James McGill Buchanan is a name you will rarely hear unless you’ve taken several classes in economics.

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america#disqus_thread
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"philosopher"of the pathocracy of the republicans (Original Post) I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 OP
I read the article...it's fabulous! Karadeniz May 2020 #1
It's the whole republican agenda. I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #2
Recommended for visibility. Please read. yonder May 2020 #3
K&R Excellent posting. alwaysinasnit May 2020 #4
Every voter should read and understand the stakes ... Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #5
good read handmade34 May 2020 #6

yonder

(9,665 posts)
3. Recommended for visibility. Please read.
Mon May 4, 2020, 12:53 AM
May 2020

Frightening as hell, it lays out the blueprint for an evil scheme many suspect, but cannot quite put their finger on.

Thanks for this OP.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,343 posts)
5. Every voter should read and understand the stakes ...
Mon May 4, 2020, 02:14 AM
May 2020
With Koch’s money and enthusiasm, Buchanan’s academic school evolved into something much bigger. By the 1990s, Koch realized that Buchanan’s ideas — transmitted through stealth and deliberate deception, as MacLean amply documents — could help take government down through incremental assaults that the media would hardly notice. The tycoon knew that the project was extremely radical, even a “revolution” in governance, but he talked like a conservative to make his plans sound more palatable.
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