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Book Review: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of The Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America by Nancy McLean.… MacLean argues that the radical right will eventually reduce freedom for the majority while privileging the propertied minority. The more power the propertied minority has, the less democratic society becomes. The ultimate target of the radical right, which has gained control of the modern Republican Party, is to change American society to privilege capitalism over democracy even more than it does now. McLean argues that the rationale of the right is that economic liberalism is based on "public choice" (James Buchanan), that is, social, political and economic decisions made in markets free of government influence and intervention, while democracy leads to socialism.
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Book Review: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of The Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America by Nancy McLean.… MacLean argues that the radical right will eventually reduce freedom for the majority while privileging the propertied minority. The more power the propertied minority has, the less democratic society becomes. The ultimate target of the radical right, which has gained control of the modern Republican Party, is to change American society to privilege capitalism over democracy even more than it does now. McLean argues that the rationale of the right is that economic liberalism is based on "public choice" (James Buchanan), that is, social, political and economic decisions made in markets free of government influence and intervention, while democracy leads to socialism.
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: Neoliberalism
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Book Review: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of The Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America by Nancy McLean.…
MacLean argues that the radical right will eventually reduce freedom for the majority while privileging the propertied minority. The more power the propertied minority has, the less democratic society becomes. The ultimate target of the radical right, which has gained control of the modern Republican Party, is to change American society to privilege capitalism over democracy even more than it does now.McLean argues that the rationale of the right is that economic liberalism is based on "public choice" (James Buchanan), that is, social, political and economic decisions made in markets free of government influence and intervention, while democracy leads to socialism. Thus, "free market" capitalism and liberal democracy are antithetical.
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Johnny Fulfer, received a B.S. in Economics and a B.S. in History from Eastern Oregon University and is currently pursuing an M.A. in History at the University of South Florida