On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Louis Trager <ltrager at sonic.net> wrote:
> Dozens of elite national "citizens committees" on public affairs have been
> documented, individually, by reputable scholars and journalists to have
> collaborated secretly with the presidential administration of the day,
> whether Democratic or Republican. Most of the most important committees
> were initiated by leaders of corporate organizations such as the Council on
> Foreign Relations and the Committee for Economic Development.
>
> I have an article -- hnn.us/article/156791 -- that contends these
> citizens committees were instrumental in helping form and maintain the
> liberal-moderate consensus across U.S. politics and society from the 1940s
> through most of the '60s. And it explains why the record is as incompatible
> with conspiracy theories as with conventional pluralist models. I'd be
> delighted for you to comment online or privately, and to share the link.
>
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