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Susan Paxton asked this question about Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America:
I see the right wing trolls have dumped in on this book, which is interesting. Anyone else suspect right wing hysteria means the book has hit a nerve?
Alexis I just reviewed this book, and have read some of the criticism. I'm a liberal, but I don't think the book quite jelled.

I can't evaluate the specific …moreI just reviewed this book, and have read some of the criticism. I'm a liberal, but I don't think the book quite jelled.

I can't evaluate the specific claims that some of the libertarians have made, although some have the smell of special pleading (I never simply accept it when a white man vouches for a white man's lack of racism: often, it means they just never came out and said it.) (less)
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