, David Goldstein speaks with author Nancy McLean about a "multi-decade plot against American democracy."
But recent protests show that this anti-democracy plan may not be foolproof — and that Americans can take back their country.If you spend enough time on YouTube, you're certain to get sucked down a rabbit hole into a conspiracy theory. Watch enough videos about cool outer space phenomena, for instance, and you'll likely get dumped into the corner of the internet where flat-earthers reside.
MacLean identifies a Nobel Prize-winning economist named James McGill Buchanan as the originator of this plot.
MacLean urges her listeners to escape the two-party framework when discussing Buchanan's conspiracy to take over American politics. "The notion that this is partisan — that this is a battle between liberals and conservatives" is false, she said. "This is no longer my father's Republican party. One could say this is a party that has been absolutely transformed by strategic changes to the rules, and the incentives practiced by these arch-right donors.
" documents in painstaking detail the biography of the Koch Brothers and how they came to dominate conservative politics for generations. A talented business reporter, Leonard devoted years to the untangling of Koch Industries finances and the documentation of their successful war against the American environmental movement.
The fact that this shadowy conspiracy has been dragged into the light, and that so many Americans have taken to the streets this summer to protest the America that Buchanan built, are signs that Buchanan's plan might not have been as foolproof as he believed. MacLean sees signs of hope that the conspiracy might be coming to an end.
paulconstant Far right conspiracy to destroy our democracy? Are you kidding? Why don’t you report on the marxists and anarchists who have taken over several large American cities, set up autonomous zones and demanded that police be eliminated
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