Recommendation for a book about why Republicans hate education, history, and immigrants.
Diasporas bring new ideas to parochial or insular societies. Immigrants de-provincialize the thinking of communities they join.
Republicans don't want fresh ideas percolating through America. Ideas like pluralism, freedom from cognitive tyranny & religious factionalism, sharing the drive for building a common good
These are ideas GOP billionaires want to snuff out
In this wide-ranging consideration of intellectual diasporas, historian Peter Burke questions what distinctive contribution to knowledge exiles and expatriates have made. The answer may be summed up in one word: deprovincialization.
it started earlier. it started when a man who campaigns on lies, racist rethoric and fear mongering, is welcomed by millions inspite of him being human garbage, a convicted felon, and a fraud.
But if you want a *slightly* more fine-grained analysis, it was in 1994 that the GOP declared that it was essentially not cooperating with the Democrats anymore. Decades of consensus legislation went away, because the GOP had a big victory and they were feeling their oats.
It got solidified with the Hastert Rule, and the launch of Fox News in 96.
@clintruin @IvarGierveld @gi124 Reagan and Tip O'Neill worked pretty amicably together. They got stuff done, and each side had its victories.
I mean, Reagan was a blight of evil and really brought the idiotic Libertarian ethos to the mainstream, but in terms of political negotiation, that still worked.
It was under Clinton that the GOP decided it wanted revenge for... something.
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in reply to Andrea Junker :verified: • • •Recommendation for a book about why Republicans hate education, history, and immigrants.
Diasporas bring new ideas to parochial or insular societies. Immigrants de-provincialize the thinking of communities they join.
Republicans don't want fresh ideas percolating through America. Ideas like pluralism, freedom from cognitive tyranny & religious factionalism, sharing the drive for building a common good
These are ideas GOP billionaires want to snuff out
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Exiles and Expatriates in the History of Knowledge, 1500–2000
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in reply to Floon • • •☠️ 🙈 🙉 🙊 ☠️ It can be easily argued it started with the dawn of humanity...
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in reply to Kid Mania • • •@clintruin @IvarGierveld @gi124 Yes, well, with a sufficiently wide lens.
But if you want a *slightly* more fine-grained analysis, it was in 1994 that the GOP declared that it was essentially not cooperating with the Democrats anymore. Decades of consensus legislation went away, because the GOP had a big victory and they were feeling their oats.
It got solidified with the Hastert Rule, and the launch of Fox News in 96.
Kid Mania
in reply to Floon • • •Some might argue Reagan, but yeah, I certainly see your point.
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in reply to Kid Mania • • •@clintruin @IvarGierveld @gi124 Reagan and Tip O'Neill worked pretty amicably together. They got stuff done, and each side had its victories.
I mean, Reagan was a blight of evil and really brought the idiotic Libertarian ethos to the mainstream, but in terms of political negotiation, that still worked.
It was under Clinton that the GOP decided it wanted revenge for... something.
Nicole Parsons
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Perhaps it's not a coincidence but the fossil fuel industry started funding anti-democracy movements at an accelerated rate after this:
epa.gov/enforcement/koch-indus…
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For #KochNetwork, the hatred of all things democracy & all things Clinton, got personal
Koch bought a corrupt Supreme Court over the EPA & what he views as his right to fry a planet
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Koch Industries Responds to Rolling Stone – And We Answer Back
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Koch gathered a group of racist billionaires to go after the Clintons & any attempt at climate action.
Citizens United & the erosion of the Voting Rights Act was only the beginning.
opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/k…
salon.com/2015/01/27/this_is_t…
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vox.com/2015/2/9/18088962/supe…
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#KochNetwork even solicited the help of OPEC+, especially Saudi Arabia & Russia, to shield the fossil fuel industry's profits.
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The Citizens United era of money in politics, explained
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