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This info is directly from @RBReich’s @svgcapitalism
Nothing about where we find ourselves as a country is surprising to me because of this one document...
The Powell Memo (1971) was commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce law2.wlu.edu/deptimages/Pow…
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This info is directly from @RBReich’s @svgcapitalism
Nothing about where we find ourselves as a country is surprising to me because of this one document...
The Powell Memo (1971) was commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce law2.wlu.edu/deptimages/Pow…
#causeascene
Lessons from the Powell Memo:
1. The understanding and willingness to apply unlimited financial resources to reaching their goal
2. The understanding of taking a long term approach
3. The weight and power to persuade that he places on public speaking: propagandizing.
1. The understanding and willingness to apply unlimited financial resources to reaching their goal
2. The understanding of taking a long term approach
3. The weight and power to persuade that he places on public speaking: propagandizing.
4. Control the curriculum and conversations on college campuses
5. Coordinated effort on the national and local levels
6. Coordinated effort to influence public perception through media
7. Influence gained through academic research and writing
5. Coordinated effort on the national and local levels
6. Coordinated effort to influence public perception through media
7. Influence gained through academic research and writing
8. Influence gained through academic research and writing
9. Influence Supreme Court
10. Influence Stockholders
9. Influence Supreme Court
10. Influence Stockholders
11. “Political power is necessary; that such Power must be assiduously cultivated; and that when necessary, it must be used aggressively and with determination - without embarrassment and without the reluctance which has been so characteristic of American business.”
12. “There should be not the slightest hesitation to press vigorously in all political arenas for support of the enterprise system. Nor should there be reluctance to penalize politically those who oppose it.”
13. The recruitment to the Chamber of highly qualified individuals in all suggested areas who have to be paid salaries that match business executives
14. Organizational restructuring of the Chamber
14. Organizational restructuring of the Chamber
15. Couched in a tone of anything less then suggested will have a negative impact on “individual freedom”
16. “Ideological attack on the system itself”
16. “Ideological attack on the system itself”
In closing, based on a report from 1971, where we find ourselves, as a nation, is not by accident but rather by design
Powell developed a comprehensive strategy to leverage privilege and oppression
Hell, the doc was titled “Attack On American Free Enterprise System”
Powell developed a comprehensive strategy to leverage privilege and oppression
Hell, the doc was titled “Attack On American Free Enterprise System”
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