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Ugh, this book was my Everest and I would consider it one of the best books I never want to read again. I felt disgusted, enraged, and worried pretty much constantly while reading this book. As someone who considered herself fiscally conservative (to an extent), this book makes me reconsider some of the notions I'm espousing and who I would be aligning myself with on the grand scale. The level of infiltration and egregious influence the Koch brothers and their cronies have had on our political s
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Mayer provides a well-researched book that details the money and rise of radical right, as promised. But it was a challenge for me to get through (on audiobook) as the topic itself is so DARK. It's not the book, it's me. That said, it is important to know the strategies of the billionaires who are intensely anti-government and pro-"put money in my pocket, it's OK to kill through pollution, brainwash (through beach heads) in universities with money, etc." I feel like I get as much out of Mayer's
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Some of the rich and powerful intend to continue being the rich and powerful by shaping the world to their desire. Don't be their pawns.
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I want to say it was excellent but it also induces red hot rage which might be dangerous for many readers, so, fair warning.
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Sep 02, 2019
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marked it as to-read
