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The Hidden History of American Oligarchy : Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class /
Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Times bestselling author, looks at the history of the battle against oligarchy in America--and how we can win the latest round.Billionaire oligarchs want to own our republic, and they're nearly there thanks to legi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland, CA :
Berrett-Koehler,
2021.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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. . .