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The Federalist Society that has dominated our judiciary system, including the Supreme Court, is possessed of an ideology with a history and obession with political and personal oppression in order to promote the power and wealth of white supremacists. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scotus-upholds-gay-rights-another-victory-to-celebrate/id1489093693?i=1000478148635
American history has done a TERRIBLE job of dealing with our past, including the Federalists who founded this country as a means of political and white supremacist suppression.
What we're watching now is a movement to protect and even extend that oppression.
What we're watching now is a movement to protect and even extend that oppression.
Though the Federalists have been lauded as visionaries and champions of liberty, they were defined by their fear of the people and their obsession with oppressing Americans.
This isn't radical revisionism, it's Thomas Jefferson's take. And the GOP is pushing that same ideology.
This isn't radical revisionism, it's Thomas Jefferson's take. And the GOP is pushing that same ideology.
Though Federalist Society members hide behind "originalism," what they're actually doing is trying to restore an America where the wealthy, white elite are unchained by the law and everyone else is constrained by the totality of power.
It is a fascistic point of view.
It is a fascistic point of view.
The problem here is that American history has been manipulated and turned into propaganda, which means the facts are hidden and fascists like Trump and the Federalist Society can hide behind myths and legends designed to hide the brutality, fascism, and ugliness of our past.
For those interested, I wrote AMERICAN RULE as an intentional deconstruction of these white supremacist myths that protect power and oppress the people.
I thought I knew history, but I had literally no idea what actually took place. It's...disturbing. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611439/american-rule-by-jared-yates-sexton/
I thought I knew history, but I had literally no idea what actually took place. It's...disturbing. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611439/american-rule-by-jared-yates-sexton/
