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Matt Stoller recently wrote an article in The Atlantic that discusses the culture and values of that time period and how it has been diluted/devalued in modern
by germinalphrase 10y ago
Matt Stoller recently wrote an article in The Atlantic that discusses the culture and values of that time period and how it has been diluted/devalued in modern times [0].
"By the late 1970s, the populist Brandeisian anti-monopoly tradition—protecting communities by breaking up concentrations of power—had been air-brushed out of the debate. And in doing so, America’s fundamental political vision transformed: from protecting citizen sovereignty to maximizing consumer welfare."
[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/how-democrats-killed-their-populist-soul/504710/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/how-dem...