Thank you to the Socialism 2018 conference. Check out Deport, Deprive, Extradite: 21st Century State Extremism by Nisha Kapoor. The book makes a powerful argument for the anti-democratic origins and trajectory of free-market fundamentalist Koch-Brothers-aligned economists who have come to profoundly shape and warp American politics to fit their dystopian vision. This is the argument put forward by Dan’s guest, historian Nancy MacLean, in her book Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America. And in their quest to preserve that absolute freedom for the ownership class-whether their assets be human slaves, factories or extractive industries-democracy must be curtailed and the power of the people must be checked and repressed.
Democracy in Chains with Nancy MacLean Your browser does not support the audio tag.įor libertarians, liberty means something different.
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