Thom Hartmann: The Billionaires Won: The 50-Year War on Democracy That Built Trump's Oligarchy and Killed the American D [View all]
Full headline: The Billionaires Won: The 50-Year War on Democracy That Built Trump's Oligarchy and Killed the American Dream
We just watched the final fulfillment of a 50 year plan. Louis Powell laid it out in 1971, and every step along the way Republicans have follow it.
It was a plan to turn America over to the richest men and the largest corporations. It was a plan to replace democracy with oligarchy. A large handful of Americas richest people invested billions in this plan, and its tax breaks and fossil fuel subsidies have made them trillions. More will soon come to them.
As any advertising executive can tell you, with enough money and enough advertising particularly if you are willing to lie you can sell anybody pretty much anything.
Even a convicted felon, rapist, and friend and agent of Americas enemies.
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