#reaganites — Public Fediverse posts
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> #Reaganites, noted for.. exalted free market rhetoric, were in fact the most #protectionist administration in postwar US history, virtually doubling import restrictions, and also pouring public funds into high-tech industry, often under the traditional cover of “defense.” The goal was to “reindustrialize America,” which was falling behind Japan (and Germany) because American management had failed to understand...
https://books.openedition.org/obp/2165?lang=en
#NoamChomsky #FreeMarkets #FreeMarketRhetoric #Markets -
> .. after the overthrow of #Somoza, the #CarterAdministration had initiated the CIA destabilization campaign.. expanded by the #Reaganites. The #Carter doves did not give direct support to the #NationalGuard forces that they helped reconstitute. Rather, training and direction were in the hands of #NeoNazi #Argentine generals serving "as a proxy for the United States" (#RandCorporation terrorism expert Brian Jenkins).
https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/zbooks/htdocs/chomsky/dd/dd-c10-s05.html
#JImmyCarter #PresidentCarter #DeathIsNotPerfume