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The people who financially back conservatives are mostly in extractive industries (i.e. Koch brothers), That's interesting. I haven't heard this before. Would
by grzm 10y ago
The people who financially back conservatives are mostly in extractive industries (i.e. Koch brothers),
That's interesting. I haven't heard this before. Would you share data to back this up?
they see any government regulation or taxation as a skim.
It's not clear to me why this statement can't be true of non-extractive industries as well.
- digitaltrees 10y agoLook up the financial backers of Cato institute or heritage foundation and review their published work and you should have a clear picture.
- Spooky23 10y agoYou're best bet at understanding is to read "Master of the Senate" by Robert Caro. The book is about LBJ, but goes into detail about how the civil rights legislation caused the "conservative democrats" (aka segregationists) to join up with Western conservatives, who are the extractive people tha I mentioned.