LEADER 04187cam 2200517 i 4500001 on1202733084 003 OCoLC 005 20210430234723.3 008 200912s2021 cau 001 0 eng c 010 2020033252 019 11535477461235813323 020 9781523091584 |q(paperback) 020 1523091584 020 |z9781523091591 |q(adobe pdf) 020 |z9781523091607 |q(epub) 035 (Sirsi) 40030836397 035 40030836397 035 (OCoLC)1202733084 |z(OCoLC)1153547746 |z(OCoLC)1235813323 040 LBSOR/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCF |dYDX |dBDX |dXYZ |dIZ8 |dLNC |dUKMGB |dDLC |dOCLCO |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 JK31 |b.H375 2021 082 00 320.973 |223 100 1 Hartmann, Thom, |d1951- |eauthor. |=^A526620 245 14 The hidden history of American oligarchy : |breclaiming our democracy from the ruling class / |cThom Hartmann. 250 First edition. 264 1 Oakland, CA : |bBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., |c[2021] 300 xiv, 187 pages ; |c18 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 Includes index. 505 0 Modern oligarchy erupts -- A second American Civil War? -- Control the media -- If you don't yet own the media, manipulate it -- Controlling congress (both federal and state) -- Seize the courts -- The presidency : trump's playbook -- Inevitable tyranny -- How oligarchs seized the GOP the crisis -- 1,000 years of oligarchy -- An awakened generation challenges British oligarchy -- Revolutionary principles : born equal -- Why slavery persisted -- Best laid plans for liberty : ending American slavery -- New technology, new oligarchy -- Where cotton is king, cotton makes kings -- The oligarchs' war -- Control and safety : the conservatism of oligarchy -- Controlling the commoners : through debt, oligarchs can still own -- People -- Controlling the commoners : medical debt -- Controlling the commoners : illiteracy and student debt -- Controlling the commoners : when all else fails, bring in the police -- The oligarchs' biggest threat : an educated middle class with leisure -- How the oligarchs bought corporate personhood -- The supreme court sets up American oligarchy -- "Starve the beast" and gut the republic -- Holding power : buying friends on both sides of the aisle -- Lies : the first step from oligarchy to tyranny -- Tyrants modify the very language of a culture -- "Deconstruct the state" -- Scapegoating to dilute the outrage -- Scapegoating race, religion, gender -- Normalizing outrageous behavior -- Tyrants always corrupt police -- A tyrant's tool : obedience -- Take militias and violence seriously -- Notice their symbology -- Breaking oligarchy : the oligarchs' media empire -- Breaking oligarchy : a free press -- Breaking oligarchy : economic rights for everybody -- Breaking oligarchy : tax the crap out of the rich -- Breaking oligarchy : publicly funded elections -- Support the resistance -- Breaking oligarchy : restore election integrity -- Breaking oligarchy : build progressive institutions -- Breaking oligarchy : rebuild a progressive democratic party -- We now know. . . 520 "Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Times bestselling author, looks at the real history of the corrupting influence of oligarchy in America-and how we can fight back"-- |cProvided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-169) and index. 650 0 Oligarchy |zUnited States |xHistory. |=^A73064 651 0 United States |xPolitics and government. |=^A5916 650 7 Oligarchy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01045440 650 7 Politics and government. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 949 |i30372017342434 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s17.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5789489