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Political Factoid
The "long-term evolution
[of the Republican Party]
into a more partisan and
regimented institution
that demands unwavering
party loyalty"*
. . . began with the
Powell memo,** and the
decades of political
corruption that followed
in conservative circles.
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Marching "lockstep" as did much
of Europe in the 1940's.
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The Lewis Powell Memo was a
blueprint for corporate domination
of American Democracy, at the
expense of the general public.
It was written in 1971 to the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce by
Lewis F. Powell Jr., who was
subsequently appointed to the
U.S. Supreme Court.
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