Peasants for Plutocracy: How the Billionaires Brainwashed America

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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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