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What We Can Learn from Conservatives About Winning in Politics

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The same strategies that allowed Conservatives to take control of the country can help us undo their damage

When the conservatives set out to take over America 30 years ago, they were working off of a well-thought-out plan

Howard Phillips, Richard Viguerie, and Paul Weyrich

their essential goals and intentions never changed much

Every facet of our looming disaster was dictated by bankrupt conservative ideas

yet our very ability to visualize fresh alternatives has been constricted by the frames they deliberately laid around our language and discourse

t's clear they've done more than merely mess up our country

messing with our minds wasn't just one part of the plan; it was the essential goal of the entire plan of conquest

Ending conservative dominance will require us to undo the vast memetic and ontological damage they've wrought on two entire generations of Americans

to fight this fire with fire of our own

understand

how they did it