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"Tapping a thick, rich vein of stupid" didn't happen by accident.
Koch Network waged a 60 year effort to destroy public education, driving average literacy down to 6th grade comprehension.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/10/16/koch-network-says-it-wants-remake-public-education-that-means-destroying-it-says-author-new-book-billionaire-brothers/https://jacobin.com/2018/06/public-education-privatization-koch-brothers-teachers
There's just a few publishers left.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/opinion/penguin-simon-schuster-publishing.htmlThe Epstein Class has been consolidating all media into a one-party platform. Larry Ellison copies Goebbels.
https://fair.org/home/as-ellison-buys-out-tiktok-us-moves-toward-one-party-media/
Everything Larry and David Ellison Will Control If Paramount Buys Warner Bros.
Paramount Skydance’s sprawling media empire will get a major boost if the deal is approved.
WIRED (www.wired.com)
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Like slave owning societies, progress stops when caste & class becomes a role for government enforcement.
A self-perpetuating social order: a recipe for stagnation, ripe for conquest.
Bigotry is a national security vulnerability.
https://billmoyers.com/story/hitler-america-nazi-race-law/
The Fascist Sympathies of Britain’s Aristocracy
While the people of Britain fought the Nazis in the Second World War, much of their ruling elite was sympathetic to fascism – seeing it as an alternative to democracy and socialism.
(tribunemag.co.uk)
https://www.history.com/articles/how-the-nazis-were-inspired-by-jim-crow
Hitler's millionaire backers: how Germany's elite facilitated the rise of the Nazis
Stephan Malinowski tells Rob Attar how a cocktail of naked opportunism and misplaced arrogance among Germany’s most powerful men facilitated the rise of the Third Reich | Accompanies the three-part BBC Two series The Rise of the Nazis
HistoryExtra (www.historyextra.com)
Jim Crow Laws | American Experience | PBS
The segregation and disenfranchisement laws known as "Jim Crow" represented a formal, codified system of racial apartheid that dominated the American South.
(www.pbs.org)
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Like slave owning societies, progress stops when caste & class becomes a role for government enforcement.
A self-perpetuating social order: a recipe for stagnation, ripe for conquest.
Bigotry is a national security vulnerability.
https://billmoyers.com/story/hitler-america-nazi-race-law/
The Fascist Sympathies of Britain’s Aristocracy
While the people of Britain fought the Nazis in the Second World War, much of their ruling elite was sympathetic to fascism – seeing it as an alternative to democracy and socialism.
(tribunemag.co.uk)
https://www.history.com/articles/how-the-nazis-were-inspired-by-jim-crow
Hitler's millionaire backers: how Germany's elite facilitated the rise of the Nazis
Stephan Malinowski tells Rob Attar how a cocktail of naked opportunism and misplaced arrogance among Germany’s most powerful men facilitated the rise of the Third Reich | Accompanies the three-part BBC Two series The Rise of the Nazis
HistoryExtra (www.historyextra.com)
Jim Crow Laws | American Experience | PBS
The segregation and disenfranchisement laws known as "Jim Crow" represented a formal, codified system of racial apartheid that dominated the American South.
(www.pbs.org)
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Britain is still blighted by the class system | Letters
One thousand years after William the Conqueror introduced the feudal system, we still define ourselves in terms of social divisions
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Foreigners Reveal What Shocked Them About the British Class System
"It’s weird that people are socialised from young to think that going to a specific private school means you’ll be successful."
VICE (www.vice.com)
How Does the British Class System Work Today? We Asked an Expert
In his new book, sociologist and author Dan Evans paints a fresh and groundbreaking portrait of class in modern Britain.
VICE (www.vice.com)
The Indian Caste System: A Self-Perpetuating Social Order
The Indian caste system dictates the course of an individual's life — their profession, social circle, and sense of self. It reflects the dark power of system justification.
Psychology Today (www.psychologytoday.com)
JSTOR: Access Check
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
(www.jstor.org)
Divide & Conquer is always popular with Caesar-style wannabe despots.
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Britain is still blighted by the class system | Letters
One thousand years after William the Conqueror introduced the feudal system, we still define ourselves in terms of social divisions
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Foreigners Reveal What Shocked Them About the British Class System
"It’s weird that people are socialised from young to think that going to a specific private school means you’ll be successful."
VICE (www.vice.com)
How Does the British Class System Work Today? We Asked an Expert
In his new book, sociologist and author Dan Evans paints a fresh and groundbreaking portrait of class in modern Britain.
VICE (www.vice.com)
The Indian Caste System: A Self-Perpetuating Social Order
The Indian caste system dictates the course of an individual's life — their profession, social circle, and sense of self. It reflects the dark power of system justification.
Psychology Today (www.psychologytoday.com)
JSTOR: Access Check
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
(www.jstor.org)
Divide & Conquer is always popular with Caesar-style wannabe despots.
@Npars01 Human beings, aside from being viciously violent, are exceptionally slow learners. Makes one wonder how long such a species can survive. We might already be living on borrowed time and we (OK, not all of us, but far too many) love being led by idiots.
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@Npars01 Human beings, aside from being viciously violent, are exceptionally slow learners. Makes one wonder how long such a species can survive. We might already be living on borrowed time and we (OK, not all of us, but far too many) love being led by idiots.
The idiots of the Epstein class buy idiots for public office, after years of grooming.
Pedophiles do that.
How Stephen Miller Rode White Rage from Duke’s Campus to Trump’s West Wing
At the young age of 31, Stephen Miller has his own office in the West Wing and the President’s ear. He also has held a shocking worldview since he was a teenager. From his writings on the 2006 Duke lacrosse-team rape scandal, which gave the then–college junior national media exposure, to an alleged association with a white-nationalist advocate, William D. Cohan dives deep into Miller’s tumultuous past.
Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com)
Top Trump policy adviser was a 'controversial figure' for college writings
Stephen Miller, who has been on Trump team since January, wrote conservative column at Duke University on torture, the lacrosse scandal and ‘racial paranoia’
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
The idiots fostered by Koch Network were manufactured & groomed to be dumb
The Federalist Society grooms lawyers for decades
The Conservative Pipeline to the Supreme Court
With the Federalist Society, Leonard Leo has reared a generation of originalist élites. The selection of Neil Gorsuch is just his latest achievement.
The New Yorker (www.newyorker.com)
How the Federalist Society Became the De Facto Selector of Republican Supreme Court Justices
During last year’s campaign, Donald Trump offered an unprecedented guarantee regarding any potential Supreme Court nomination. The Republican nominee...
Slate Magazine (slate.com)
Example: the wealthy seek unhappy & unsuccessful people in their formative years & immerse them in a system of public corruption & radicalization.
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The idiots of the Epstein class buy idiots for public office, after years of grooming.
Pedophiles do that.
How Stephen Miller Rode White Rage from Duke’s Campus to Trump’s West Wing
At the young age of 31, Stephen Miller has his own office in the West Wing and the President’s ear. He also has held a shocking worldview since he was a teenager. From his writings on the 2006 Duke lacrosse-team rape scandal, which gave the then–college junior national media exposure, to an alleged association with a white-nationalist advocate, William D. Cohan dives deep into Miller’s tumultuous past.
Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com)
Top Trump policy adviser was a 'controversial figure' for college writings
Stephen Miller, who has been on Trump team since January, wrote conservative column at Duke University on torture, the lacrosse scandal and ‘racial paranoia’
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
The idiots fostered by Koch Network were manufactured & groomed to be dumb
The Federalist Society grooms lawyers for decades
The Conservative Pipeline to the Supreme Court
With the Federalist Society, Leonard Leo has reared a generation of originalist élites. The selection of Neil Gorsuch is just his latest achievement.
The New Yorker (www.newyorker.com)
How the Federalist Society Became the De Facto Selector of Republican Supreme Court Justices
During last year’s campaign, Donald Trump offered an unprecedented guarantee regarding any potential Supreme Court nomination. The Republican nominee...
Slate Magazine (slate.com)
Example: the wealthy seek unhappy & unsuccessful people in their formative years & immerse them in a system of public corruption & radicalization.
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Such people are of utility, sometimes unknowingly.
Charlie Kirk flunked out of college, as did so many broligarchs like Zuckerberg.
Steve Bannon still ignores how his maladaptive social skills killed his Hollywood writing career & ousted him out of Trump’s inner circle.
Bannon, Kirk, & Miller are stuck in adolescent rage & unable to self-reflect, learn, & grow. They never realize their blameshifting is manipulated and put to use by the wealthy. They're useful but not trusted.
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Such people are of utility, sometimes unknowingly.
Charlie Kirk flunked out of college, as did so many broligarchs like Zuckerberg.
Steve Bannon still ignores how his maladaptive social skills killed his Hollywood writing career & ousted him out of Trump’s inner circle.
Bannon, Kirk, & Miller are stuck in adolescent rage & unable to self-reflect, learn, & grow. They never realize their blameshifting is manipulated and put to use by the wealthy. They're useful but not trusted.
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We must also recognize how The Moneyed manufacture idiots in bulk.
Precarity & economic duress produces an electorate too busy surviving to engage in democracy. Perpetual endebtedness & high unemployment for example.
Constant disinformation to engender FUD & TMT creates a group that has had their amygdala hijacked so badly they vote against their own self-interest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubtTrump's Iran threats are just the latest example.
FUD started as a marketing campaign tactic &....
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We must also recognize how The Moneyed manufacture idiots in bulk.
Precarity & economic duress produces an electorate too busy surviving to engage in democracy. Perpetual endebtedness & high unemployment for example.
Constant disinformation to engender FUD & TMT creates a group that has had their amygdala hijacked so badly they vote against their own self-interest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubtTrump's Iran threats are just the latest example.
FUD started as a marketing campaign tactic &....
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... has been morphed & melded into fascist malign influence narratives & anti-democracy disinformation campaigns.
How you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia
Tucker Carlson’s sycophantic interview with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, and his subsequent praise for Russia’s subways, supermarkets and cheeseburgers, was not journalism. It was propaganda.
The Conversation (theconversation.com)
Tucker Carlson’s Media Venture May Be Coming Into Some Major Peter Thiel Cash: Report
Rebekah Mercer, the billionaire mega-donor once described as “the most powerful woman in GOP politics,” has also reportedly expressed interest.
Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com)
Why is Tucker Carlson in UAE after controversial Russia visit?
The controversial former Fox News host, who recently interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin, addressed a summit in the UAE’s largest city.
AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012 (www.al-monitor.com)
MAGA civil war gets uglier as Laura Loomer hurls Qatar money ‘lie’ at Tucker Carlson
‘Tucker is controlled by Muslims. People need to wake up and stop pretending like this is a conspiracy theory,” Laura Loomer exclaimed this week, prompting Carlson’s business partner to fire back: ‘This is a lie.’
The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
Tucker Carlson's "Just Asking Questions" technique is just one example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theoryThese narratives are funded & amplified by people like Elon Musk & Putin.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/tenet-media-russia-rt-tim-pool/
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
(www.thebulwark.com)
Trump Brings Putin’s Booted Propaganda Goon Back to U.S.
The “new leadership” in the White House was credited with helping Lauren Chen return after her Russia-linked media scandal.
The Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com)
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... has been morphed & melded into fascist malign influence narratives & anti-democracy disinformation campaigns.
How you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia
Tucker Carlson’s sycophantic interview with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, and his subsequent praise for Russia’s subways, supermarkets and cheeseburgers, was not journalism. It was propaganda.
The Conversation (theconversation.com)
Tucker Carlson’s Media Venture May Be Coming Into Some Major Peter Thiel Cash: Report
Rebekah Mercer, the billionaire mega-donor once described as “the most powerful woman in GOP politics,” has also reportedly expressed interest.
Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com)
Why is Tucker Carlson in UAE after controversial Russia visit?
The controversial former Fox News host, who recently interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin, addressed a summit in the UAE’s largest city.
AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012 (www.al-monitor.com)
MAGA civil war gets uglier as Laura Loomer hurls Qatar money ‘lie’ at Tucker Carlson
‘Tucker is controlled by Muslims. People need to wake up and stop pretending like this is a conspiracy theory,” Laura Loomer exclaimed this week, prompting Carlson’s business partner to fire back: ‘This is a lie.’
The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
Tucker Carlson's "Just Asking Questions" technique is just one example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theoryThese narratives are funded & amplified by people like Elon Musk & Putin.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/tenet-media-russia-rt-tim-pool/
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
(www.thebulwark.com)
Trump Brings Putin’s Booted Propaganda Goon Back to U.S.
The “new leadership” in the White House was credited with helping Lauren Chen return after her Russia-linked media scandal.
The Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com)
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It's why The Moneyed hate public services like education & health care for the proles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_A._Freeman_(economist)Air & water pollution creates the cognitively disadvantaged. Lead & other contaminants is a great way to create brain-damaged adults in the so-called "lower orders".
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/18/oil-industry-fossil-fuels-air-pollution-documentsRegular exposure to contagious diseases like covid & measles has created a generation of brain fogged kids.
RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record
The Conversation The Trump administration’s overhauling of the decades-old childhood vaccination schedule, announced by federal health officials on Jan. 5, 2026, has raised alarm among public …
The Transmission (www.unmc.edu)
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It's why The Moneyed hate public services like education & health care for the proles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_A._Freeman_(economist)Air & water pollution creates the cognitively disadvantaged. Lead & other contaminants is a great way to create brain-damaged adults in the so-called "lower orders".
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/18/oil-industry-fossil-fuels-air-pollution-documentsRegular exposure to contagious diseases like covid & measles has created a generation of brain fogged kids.
RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record
The Conversation The Trump administration’s overhauling of the decades-old childhood vaccination schedule, announced by federal health officials on Jan. 5, 2026, has raised alarm among public …
The Transmission (www.unmc.edu)
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Mass layoffs in tech & finance are intended to distract the well educated & redirect them to survival mode.
https://jacobin.com/2021/12/right-wing-think-tanks-herd-immunity-death
An Intellectual and a Moral Failure
Richard Hanania’s new book is a Trojan horse for white supremacy.
The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
Why Are Timothy Mellon's MAGA Millions Also Supporting RFK Jr.?
He’s a Republican megadonor from one of America’s wealthiest families. Is he propping up Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as a spoiler?
Rolling Stone (www.rollingstone.com)
Literacy & good health gives longevity, ie time enough to learn. The wealthy do all they can to reduce longevity in the poors.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/dan-patrick-coronavirus-grandparents
Charles Koch Is Trying to Gut the EPA’s Power to Limit Carbon Emissions
Dark money groups funded by the fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch are lobbying Supreme Court justices to block the Environmental Protection Agency from limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
(jacobin.com)
Health care austerity & cost-cutting are eugenics schemes poorly disguised.
Ten Resemblances from "Destined to Fail": Carl Seashore’s World of Eugenics, Psychology, Education, and Music on JSTOR
Resemblances, "Destined to Fail", pp. 481-556
(www.jstor.org)
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Mass layoffs in tech & finance are intended to distract the well educated & redirect them to survival mode.
https://jacobin.com/2021/12/right-wing-think-tanks-herd-immunity-death
An Intellectual and a Moral Failure
Richard Hanania’s new book is a Trojan horse for white supremacy.
The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
Why Are Timothy Mellon's MAGA Millions Also Supporting RFK Jr.?
He’s a Republican megadonor from one of America’s wealthiest families. Is he propping up Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as a spoiler?
Rolling Stone (www.rollingstone.com)
Literacy & good health gives longevity, ie time enough to learn. The wealthy do all they can to reduce longevity in the poors.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/dan-patrick-coronavirus-grandparents
Charles Koch Is Trying to Gut the EPA’s Power to Limit Carbon Emissions
Dark money groups funded by the fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch are lobbying Supreme Court justices to block the Environmental Protection Agency from limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
(jacobin.com)
Health care austerity & cost-cutting are eugenics schemes poorly disguised.
Ten Resemblances from "Destined to Fail": Carl Seashore’s World of Eugenics, Psychology, Education, and Music on JSTOR
Resemblances, "Destined to Fail", pp. 481-556
(www.jstor.org)
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Koch Network & its fossil fuel axis alliance aren't "libertarians", they are corporate fascists recreating Leisure Class robber barons of the Gilded Age, desperate to keep status, power, control & wealth, no matter the cost.
The Libertarians Who Dream of a World Without Democracy
The late 20th century saw the creation of special economic zones that free capitalists from the normal constraints of popular sovereignty. This went hand in hand with the rise of radical libertarian ideologies proposing to do away with democracy entirely.
(jacobin.com)
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@Npars01 Human beings, aside from being viciously violent, are exceptionally slow learners. Makes one wonder how long such a species can survive. We might already be living on borrowed time and we (OK, not all of us, but far too many) love being led by idiots.
Thiel is invoking the wish fulfillment fantasies of survivalists, preppers & end-times evangelicals.
https://jacobin.com/2025/11/peter-thiel-palantir-apocalypse-antichrist
Peter Thiel Looks Everywhere for the Antichrist Except the Mirror
The tech billionaire’s AI technology is ushering in a dystopian Big Government as he races to beat his political opponents to the end times
(www.theunpopulist.net)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-real-stakes-real-story-peter-thiels-antichrist-obsession/
He's trying to bolster self-serving narratives of "Nothing Matters. Why bother?"
Nihilism & impotence is a useful toy for FUD disinformation. It hijacks people's fears and is utilized for his agenda as people freeze.
They delude themselves that a post-apocalyptic world means that they "win".
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