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To add, this didn't really start with the Tea Party. You can trace this violent and racist "New Right" [0] back to at least Reagan and the Kanawha County textbook controversy bombing in the mid 70s [1].

0 - https://www.ushistory.org/us/58e.asp

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanawha_County_textbook_contro...

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We're seeing the effects of capitalists having pitted laborers against each other in order to undo the New Deal coalition. It has many facets. For a very sympathetic view of coal miners, I highly recommend watching Harlan County, USA, made in 1976:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County,_USA

Coal miners have been getting screwed for generations.

I wonder how many Americans know about the Battle of Blair Mountain. I never learned about it in my history books.

I’d start with Barry Goldwater and the rise of the conservative movement.

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