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> .. the business world warned of “the hazard facing industrialists” in “the newly realized political power of the masses,” and the need to wage and win “the everlasting battle for the minds of men” and “indoctrinate citizens with the capitalist story” until “they are able to play back the story with remarkable fidelity”.. an impressive flow, accompanied by even more impressive efforts... surely one of the central themes of modern history.
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> ^[See]..work on these topics by #AlexCarey, in his Taking the Risk out of Democracy..1995, and.. #ElizabethFonesWolf, #SellingFreeEnterprise: the Business Assault on Labor and Liberalism, 1945-1960.. Stuart Ewen, PR!: A Social History of Spin.. 1996..[for].. context, see.. Intellectuals and the State and #ForceAndOpinion, reprinted in #DeterringDemocracy..1991

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A political argument among people that identify with Democrats, Republicancs, and Trumpists got me thinking about these old PR images: anti-tax and pro-gun activities, the oligs used to accuse unions and regulators as threatening systemic destruction. The captive audience, a tied-up worker under a top-hat owner brings to mind the Starbucks CEO and Bezos at WaPo. The big union services guy reminds me of Noami Klein's worker-run factor in Argentina.

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#SellingFreeEnterprise #ElizabethFonesWorth #OrganizedLabor #AFLCIO #ForcedListening