American Apocalypse by Rena Steinzor - 9781503634596

American ApocalypseThe Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy\nAuthor(s): Rena Steinzor\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503634596, 978-1503634596\nSynopsis\nA thorough analysis of the right-wing interests contributing to the downfall of American democracy\n\n The war on American democracy is at a fever pitch. Such a corrosive state of affairs did not arise spontaneously up from the people but instead was pushed, top-down, by six private sector special interest groupsbig business, the House Freedom Caucus, the Federalist Society, Fox News, white evangelicals, and armed militias. In American Apocalypse Rena Steinzor argues that these groups are nothing more than well-financed armies fighting a battle of attrition against the national government, with power, money, and fame as their central motivations. \n\n The book begins at the end of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, when the modern regulatory .