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And earlier than that even! I just read Jacob Heilbrunn's recent AMERICA LAST: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators, which traces it back to H. L. Mencken and others who were enamored with Kaiser Wilhelm II. Heilbrunn's book meshes well with Rachel Maddow's PREQUEL and the Ultra podcasts. I believe that behind this "libertarian political philosophy" are the uber-wealthy and mega corporations who want no checks or balances on their economic "freedom." HCR traces that tendency back to at least the Civil War.

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So much to know, so little time

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This "History Comes Alive!" thing is sort of nerve-racking.

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No kidding. I thought the fist pump etc of the traitor in chief as he was hustled away looked like a nazi salute with a closed fist.

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