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With the evangelical left, it comes down to ideology. When asked if he would raise the capital gains tax even if it meant decreasing revenue, candidate Obama said, “I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.”
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

2008 was the breaking point, where the impact of the subprime crisis hit the declining class more directly than the technocracy. As important, it appeared to the white industrial class that the federal government was committed to protecting the interest of all classes but theirs, while the ability of the federal government to function at all was de
... See moreGeorge Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond

recent years, Giussani noticed how elites seemed increasingly guided by lite facsimiles of change. These ideas largely exempted markets and their winners from scrutiny, despite their immense power in deciding how people’s lives were lived and their support for a system that produced extraordinary fortunes and extraordinary exclusion. These notions
... See moreAnand Giridharadas • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

Then there was the man who gave his name to the era, Ronald Reagan, crusader against big government, defender of deregulated markets, standard-bearer of what he called “the decade of the entrepreneur.” For the Great Communicator, no place or industry better exemplified American free enterprise at work than Silicon Valley, and he was particularly en
... See moreMargaret O'Mara • The Code

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