Ryan Grim and David Sirota examine how Lewis Powell’s memo from 1971 laid the groundwork for enshrining corporate corruption in American politics.
  • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Ugh. Not a fan of podcasts for articles. I’ll check back when there’s a transcript.

    Anyway, although I haven’t read Project 2025, from what I have heard, it’s all very familiar Republican talking points. They’ve been pushing towards strict constitutionalism where anything not in the constitution is given to the states - such as dept of ed which Regan ran his campaign in opposition of. “Welfare and education are two functions that should be primarily carried out at the state and local levels.” https://archive.is/xW7RI

    I’m definitely interested in reading more about the “roots”.

    • dynamic_generals@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      If interested in reading the material already out there, I have several very recent comments in my history explaining what the article is getting at with the Powell Memo. One has a link to an excerpt from investigative journalist Jane Mayer’s Dark Money on how the Coors family, Mellons, Scaifes and many other oligarchs compromised higher education in the 1970s.

      She also wrote Strange Justice, which uncovered most of Clarence Thomas’ weirdness which became the subject of a number of podcasts post-Doba. I imagine by the time one’s read Dark Money, there won’t be much new material from the podcast. But they’re doing a great service Putting the material in a more digestible and shareable format. Been trying to grab folks by the collars on how astroturfed\gaslit everything is.

    • Vash63@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I think the interesting thing about project 2025 is how specific they get over the plans. It’s not just what they want to do, it’s a plan for how to do it.