tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post1510901634305426225..comments2024-03-15T20:25:28.637-04:00Comments on History Unfolding: Dark Money and the new American politicsDavid Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-10885975014778354442017-08-09T19:51:37.687-04:002017-08-09T19:51:37.687-04:00Professor
An interesting idea:
"And the ultr...Professor<br /><br />An interesting idea:<br />"And the ultraconservative domination of state legislatures poses perhaps the greatest threat to our democracy of all: a constitutional convention called by those legislatures which could rewrite key provisions of the Constitution along more “libertarian” lines."<br /><br />Palmer has a wonderful chapter in The Age of the Democratic Revolution, Volume I, Ch. VIII. The American Revolution: The People as Constituent Power. It goes into some of the theoretical issues the Philadelphia Convention raised, and similar issues a convention such as you describe might also involve.<br /><br />All the bestBozonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078858723231122013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-29173974290799696762017-08-04T09:35:16.465-04:002017-08-04T09:35:16.465-04:00Dear Dr. Kaiser,
There exists a popular misconcep...Dear Dr. Kaiser,<br /><br />There exists a popular misconception that money spent on marketing changes minds. In fact, marketing spending is powerless to effect change--particularly among buyers making the central, normative statement--in the absence of a well-conceived strategy. I believe (and believe I can prove) that the correct definition of a well-conceived strategy is one that confers a competitive advantage upon target buyers vis à vis other buyers (in this case voters or elected representatives). <br /><br />Thus a more accurate (and arguably more engaging) title for the subject book and this post would be Dark Strategy. <br /><br />Conservatives have accomplished something very difficult--the turning of the popular center--by effective implementation of their well-conceived strategy. As such, the conservative movement of the past 20 years provides a learnable moment to revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries everywhere, but only to those willing to abandon their faulty assumptions regarding money, power, and change.<br /><br />Jude Hammerle<br />Jude Hammerlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765872893740924266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-54364498773644114892017-08-03T22:38:59.112-04:002017-08-03T22:38:59.112-04:00Professor
Many thanks for this note. I am planning...Professor<br />Many thanks for this note. I am planning to read a book called "Hollywood Left and Right" next. People tend to think of Hollywood as more left than right, but that seems not to have been the case re its influence on American politics. <br /><br />Also bought a copy of "Jewish Power", but haven't touched it yet.<br />All the bestBozonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078858723231122013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-85526428275892233642017-08-03T21:49:12.424-04:002017-08-03T21:49:12.424-04:00Bozon,
The neocon movement of conservative Je...Bozon,<br /><br /> The neocon movement of conservative Jews started somewhat later. It was triggered by the 1967 war and the Black Power movement--mainly the former, which showed Israel almost alone in the world. The Kochs, Bradleys, Olin and the rest of them had been active for some time at that point. Eventually, alliances were struck, and I believe the Weekly Standard, the main Neocon organ--run by Bradley award winner Bill Kristol--also gets funding from some of the people in Mayer's book.David Kaiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-74313189273085531072017-08-03T20:37:07.263-04:002017-08-03T20:37:07.263-04:00Professor
Great summary. I checked it out, at your...Professor<br />Great summary. I checked it out, at your suggestion, but decided I couldn’t get through it.<br />You have noted in the past the connections of conservative Jews to the origins of the neocon movement. I had had no idea, really, about that. <br />I am just guessing that the conservative funding ball Mayer discusses was handed off, fairly early, to the more numerous super wealthy gentile conservative stooges, who then ran with it.<br />The more liberal Jews, who also funded the laissez faire globalization we are all now shackled with, were perhaps both better and bigger funders, big picture.<br />It was, frankly, after all, the liberal post WWII system which dug us the hole we are in, not the rich gentile or Jewish conservatives, loathsome as they truly also are.<br />All the best <br />Bozonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078858723231122013noreply@blogger.com