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One completely anecdotal observation I would make is that this week the originalists seem more defensive and afraid of losing the argument than anytime I remember. There& #39;s bot-ish activity around it, there& #39;s lots of "we& #39;re misunderstood."
Keep pushing to reveal its fraud.
Keep pushing to reveal its fraud.
If you want to understand how originalism is a bought-and-paid-for, Astroturf ideology that functions as a decorative glaze on a ruthless doctrine that favors the powerful and the status quo, read @JaneMayerNYer& #39;s DARK MONEY and @KBAndersen& #39;s EVIL GENIUSES, among other titles.
Originalism is a philosophy the way Tea Partyism was a philosophy: a billionaire-funded complex of ideas laundered into a faux movement, for the benefit of billionaires.
Now, there are some people who carry water for such movements without realizing whom they& #39;re serving.
And there are others who do so knowing full well.
But it matters not whether you& #39;re sincere about your movement if it& #39;s bought and paid for by billionaires seeking gain.
And there are others who do so knowing full well.
But it matters not whether you& #39;re sincere about your movement if it& #39;s bought and paid for by billionaires seeking gain.
Originalism has never been primarily an intellectual movement. It& #39;s an intellectual cover for a long-schemed power grab prosecuted by the Federalist Society and other entities.
Read @JaneMayerNYer; read @KBAndersen; read others.
Read @JaneMayerNYer; read @KBAndersen; read others.
And last point: For the media covering this, it& #39;s really important not to dress up as a philosophy something that is known and has been documented to be a power grab orchestrated by the very rich and the right. We have receipts. Tell the truth about what originalism is.
