@lindyli It’s a core aspect of #TheScheme , an intentional effort by very fascist wealth, conceived of by Lewis Powell Jr, a corporate lawyer and later SCOTUS judge. This effort started in the 70s, although #fascist wealth has been at it since the early 1900s

The patrons are families like #Koch #Mercer #Scaife with newer generation of #Theil et alia joining in on the overall effort to dismantle the republic brick by brick and rule on its ashes.
The have largely succeeded