Reply #6: Read David Brocks "The Republican Noise Machine"

[Protagoras]

he draws a pretty clear line back to the anti-desegregation/Goldwater movement...where people like Edith Efron and RM Scaife etc founded a whole system which, with the help of utter maggots like Grover Norquist and Willy Kristol have essentially adopted WW2 German and Communist tactics because they are dedicated to a set of anacronistic ideologies so extreme it would make our heads spin. Really, you have to look past the kooky co-opting of the Xtian extremists and ask yourself how we had a Whig party...what Torries are all about etc...

There are people who, at their core, hate the idea of common people governing themselves or imposing laws and strictures on the ruling class. These people really believe they were born superior and that they've been usurped by a variety of boogeymen. Their lives are dedicated to reclaiming some lost crowns they believe they are entitled to.

Some people like Sinclair Lewis saw this back in the 1930's and felt it was a perpetual war we had to fight with our darker half...really recommend "It Can't Happen Here" as a fantastic view from the past. And heck it wasn't that long before that we fought a civil war, owned slaves, etc. We have a rich history of having groups of people who did their level best to attain Royalty status.