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. . .

K          “Okay, so it was fifty years and a week ago.  A lot of stuff happened in 1971.”  

J          “Do even nine folks remember his screed and frontal assault on democracy?”

. . .

K          “Appointments to the Supreme Court have always had an element of partisan politics.  Lewis Powell was a lobbyist for corporatist interests who became one of the first appointments who then served as a lobbyist for corporatist interests while on the bench.” 

J          “The courts from the Supremes on down are falling down and failing we the people.”

. . .

[See “50th Anniversary of Powell Memorandum: Neoliberalism Has Wrecked Its Hosts” in “Naked Capitalism” dated August 23, 2021 and “Greenpeace Analyzes the Lewis Powell Memo: Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy” in “Greenpeace.org” dated September 21, 2011 by Charlie Cray.]

[See the e-commentary under the category “Immanentizing The Eschaton” and “The “I” Gene; The “We” Gene: Searching For The Genie In All Of Us (April 3, 2017)”.]  

Bumper stickers of the week:

Don’t let them immanentize the eschaton.

Let them immanentize the eschaton. 

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