Nancy MacLean *Democracy in Chains* The Right's Plan to Rule

[appalachiablue]

On October 16, 2017, Duke history professor Nancy MacLean spoke at Harvard Law School about her book, "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America."

'Democracy in Chains Traces the Rise of American Libertarianism,' NPR, 2017.
https://www.npr.org/2017/06/18/531929217/democracy-in-chains-traces-the-rise-of-american-libertarianism

[Achilleaze]

1. k and r

[2naSalit]

2. I'm getting that book..

my sweetie has it so I'll borrow it from them.

[appalachiablue]

3. Nancy MacLean Professional Bio; Author, History Professor Duke University

Nancy MacLean is the William H. Chafe Professor of History & Public Policy at Duke University, North Carolina. Read about MacLean's professional background, courses, publications & awards: https://history.duke.edu/people/nancy-maclean

"Democracy in Chains" book overview, Penguin, Random House: https://history.duke.edu/book/democracy-chains

[2naSalit]

4. Was a guest on Real Time a couple weeks ago.

That was an exceptional show that night.

[appalachiablue]

5. A compelling segment that caught many people's atttention,

especially MacLean's mention of plans to make changes to the US Constitution through a constitutional convention which hasn't been held since 1787.

Bill Maher show guest Nancy MacLean on 'The GOP's Long Game', the Koch agenda and more. The Duke Univ. professor of history and author discusses her newest book, "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America" (2017). Aug. 3, 2018.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1017504712

"We're Surprisingly Close to Our First Constitutional Convention Since 1787. Bad Idea," Washington Post, 4/06/17.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-surprisingly-close-to-a-new-constitutional-convention-bad-idea/2017/04/06/f6d5b76a-197d-11e7-855e-4824bbb5d748_story.html?utm_term=.fc4408756645



George Washington presides at the Constitutional Convention, 1787. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration.

[2naSalit]

6. Yes,

that has been rumbling in the underbelly of the beast that is the kocktopus for well over a decade now. They hoped W would deliver for them. He gave them a big boost but didn't completely let cheney sell the entire farm at that time.

[ancianita]

9. Very bad idea. A CC will establish their goal of an official corporate-military junta govt.

[ancianita]

7. My favorite book of 2017. Saw her presentation the U of C bookstore; she's great in person.

[appalachiablue]

8. I'm sure that was good. Videos of her talks are all well done too.

[Hortensis]

10. Glad to see this post. I haven't read her book, but I've

read a couple others and this is going down now, out in the open after decades of mostly secret plotting to arrive at this point.

[demmiblue]

11. K&R