… at least he lived to see the fruits of his labor in the current Congress.
intercst
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Paywalled, but I’m surprised he was only 82, now. I would have expected him to be older, a cranky old phart pining for the 1920s, when a pointy white hat was seen as a badge of honor, in some circles.
Steve
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Kevin Phillips was only 28 when he published his ideas on the 'Southern Strategy in the 1969 book “The Emerging Republican Majority"
I guess this is a story kind of like Oppenheimer regretting the atomic bond
intercst
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Kevin Phillips’ book from 2006 entitled American Theocracy provided significant insight into three of America’s biggest problems,
- bad energy policy
- financial engineering
- political polarization
and how all three are interrelated. I reviewed it back in February of 2008, before the collapse that took place in September triggered by many of the forces he described.
https://watchingtheherd.blogspot.com/2008/02/book-review-american-theocracy.html
WTH
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There is a big difference between Nixon and Supply-Side economics.
Nixon was to the left of Bernie policy-wise. EPA, OSHA, Price Controls…
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Reading the Wiki entry, I would say he grew up over the last 50 years. He starts out basing his theory on “who hates who”, then becomes disillusioned at the religious bigotry and greed that his hate based politics supported?
Steve
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Barry Goldwater was far left, compared to the “thought leaders” now. Barry warned about the increasing influence of religious extremists, “political preachers” he called them, and he (Air Force Reserve Brigadier General) supported gays in the military (they are as much citizens as anyone else, so have the same stake in the security of the country).
Can’t have clear, logic based, thinking like that anymore.
Steve
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