The history in this book is like the magic fluorescent lights in all the crime shows--it makes formerly invisible fingerprints and bloodstains stand out in day-glo colors. I wish everyone could read it before they vote in any election.

Maclean connects all the dots between all the memes/tropes we've all been hearing for decades about makers vs. Makers. Because of her sleuthing and amazing journalistic mind, things now finally begin to make sense to me.

The author traces the movement from 1810 with henry clay and john calhoun to present day political actors posing as conservatives. The modern version is a southern reverberation resembling, at least in part, the old south of masters and slaves, althou...  Read More

Maclean describes the tactics that libertarians have developed to implement their philosophy, in light of the fact that majority of americans never would agree to their initiatives if overtly presented. Give one an insight into the blight of our moder...  Read More

The plan is being carried out by the republican party and a panoply of interlocking organizations. It's chilling to read about the political victories that a small activist cadre of rich and powerful right-wing ideologues have been racking up in the p...  Read More

Nancy maclean's democracy in chains is little more than a parade of fake news, “alternative facts,” and an author’s wild hallucinations. Just as many of those she criticizes, maclean is a prof at a university that is funded by the koch brothers. Below...  Read More

The libertarian movement has real skeletons in the closet when it comes to segregation and white supremacy. The author is a billionaire with a secret agenda.

This is an example of the truly unhinged political left that wants to advance socialism and communism in the halls of academia which is already far to the left. I'm inclined to agree with the basic premise, that the contemporary right has parted ways ...  Read More

Nancy maclean mangles the words of sources to alter the intention of the author (often buchanan). Maclean makes gigantic (and incorrect) leaps to besmirch buchanan. That maclean accuses, on a thin basis, buchanan and other scholars of racism is poetic...  Read More