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Peewee Hermeneutics's avatar

Also of note is an often cited fact about the rise of Ronald Reagan I discovered in THE JAKARTA METHOD. One of the ways Reagan raised his cache with republicans in California prior to being governor was by being a vehement enforcer of anti-communism. While he was president of SAG, he made all new actors sign a pledge against communism, an imperative for their membership. Hollywood IS liberal, in the sense that all conservatives are as well, because capitalism is a guarantee of liberal democracy. That isn’t at all a criticism of your cogent and engaging piece, as much as it is a facet of these conversations that are totally lost on democratic voters and their inability to see their tacit approval of the war machine, I.e. as you said, watching top gun maverick.

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Mark L.'s avatar

“Evil Empire,” what

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