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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?

Heather MacLean essentially predicts this at very end of the book, where she outlines the Kochs' campaign to harass, defame and discredit Jane Mayer following…moreMacLean essentially predicts this at very end of the book, where she outlines the Kochs' campaign to harass, defame and discredit Jane Mayer following her investigative reporting on their movement. "Upping the transaction costs for the other side," they call it. Just one more piece of proof they cannot withstand well reasoned criticism by anyone who disagrees with their anti-democratic ideas.(less)

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Democracy in Chains

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