My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the noise of democracy. I like the sound of people in the streets making noise."
Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things. - Jeff Sharlet
Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things.
- Jeff Sharlet
Elite fundamentalism has always going to be involved with a certain set of conservative interests, but certainly not exclusively Republican. - Jeff Sharlet
Elite fundamentalism has always going to be involved with a certain set of conservative interests, but certainly not exclusively Republican.
Fundamentalism is a 20th-century phenomenon, but that kind of religious fervor actually has not always been associated with conservative goals. - Jeff Sharlet
Fundamentalism is a 20th-century phenomenon, but that kind of religious fervor actually has not always been associated with conservative goals.
Liberalism doesn't speak to ideals. Radicalism does. - Jeff Sharlet
Liberalism doesn't speak to ideals. Radicalism does.
The Family is the oldest and arguably most influential religious political organization in Washington. - Jeff Sharlet
The Family is the oldest and arguably most influential religious political organization in Washington.
Liberals were just as engaged and using the rhetoric of a sort of a battle with the Soviets and with Communism in general, with an evil empire. - Jeff Sharlet
Liberals were just as engaged and using the rhetoric of a sort of a battle with the Soviets and with Communism in general, with an evil empire.
What's interesting is the populace movement of fundamentalism is starting to mirror that approach that elite fundamentalism has long had of trying to… - Jeff Sharlet
What's interesting is the populace movement of fundamentalism is starting to mirror that approach that elite fundamentalism has long had of trying to…
You can recruit the populace conservatism for the interests of corporate conservatism that the two things can be married into one unholy union. - Jeff Sharlet
You can recruit the populace conservatism for the interests of corporate conservatism that the two things can be married into one unholy union.
What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it's easy to organize around that. - Jeff Sharlet
What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it's easy to organize around that.
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