Peasants for Plutocracy: How the Billionaires Brainwashed America

Name: Peasants for Plutocracy: How the Billionaires Brainwashed America
Uploaded: 2016-05-20T04:44:47
Duration: 20 min
Description: The following video explores the influence billionaires have had through massive public relations campaigns, fake "grass roots" movements like the Tea Party, and funding of right-libertarian organizations like FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity. Featuring: Noam Chomsky, Ron Paul, Charles and David Koch, Thom Hartmann, Mark Ames, Mark Crispin Miller, Murray Rothbard, Ayn Rand, Rand Paul.

The following video explores the influence billionaires have had through massive public relations campaigns, fake "grass roots" movements like the Tea Party, and funding of right-libertarian organizations like FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity. Featuring: Noam Chomsky, Ron Paul, Charles and David Koch, Thom Hartmann, Mark Ames, Mark Crispin Miller, Murray Rothbard, Ayn Rand, Rand Paul.

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