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plimsoll

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17. That makes it sound like they are not depraved themselves.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #15)

Thu Jun 2, 2022, 04:13 PM

Jun 2022

They may be the front men, but they're the depraved frontmen. It's too bad that organized religions seem to associate evil with ugly, it lets evil hide better.

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"..Architect Behind America's Racist Economics". The Holy Grail is the US Constitution [View all] Budi Jun 2022 OP

George Mason is a good place for it. underpants Jun 2022 #1

Me neither! How McLean finally accessed his papers was a gift to readers. Budi Jun 2022 #3

Mason is very conservative in economics and poli sci underpants Jun 2022 #6

George Mason has become a cesspool of RW ideologies. Used to be a school for after-work erronis Jun 2022 #14

k&r for visibility. Thanks for posting Budi! alwaysinasnit Jun 2022 #2

As I read this, I could point to historical events in my political lifetime, that made more sense... Budi Jun 2022 #4

"All other Human life was disposable." I agree, the only caveat being that the elite will still need alwaysinasnit Jun 2022 #5

Oh they address the slave class. Budi Jun 2022 #7

Buchanan Is Slime ProfessorGAC Jun 2022 #8

Yet it's taught at George Mason. Follow up to the session on Ayn Rand Budi Jun 2022 #11

George Mason's economics dept. is bought and paid for lonely bird Jun 2022 #12

A rationale relying on Ayn Rand's philosophies and employing Trump to "close the deal"? jaxexpat Jun 2022 #18

Nancy McLean's "Democracy in Chains" jmbar2 Jun 2022 #9

I agree. murielm99 Jun 2022 #16

There are some truly evil people in this world. BComplex Jun 2022 #10

MacLean's book should've been required reading across the country since 2017. ancianita Jun 2022 #13

Conservative economists are front men for the depraved .nt bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #15

That makes it sound like they are not depraved themselves. plimsoll Jun 2022 #17

I got my college BA degree in 2000, teacher credential took another year or so. cksmithy Jun 2022 #19

"Each person seeks mastery over a world of slaves," he wrote in his 1975 book, The Limits of Liberty hedda_foil Jun 2022 #20

K&R. Obscenely wealthy sick racists. dchill Jun 2022 #21