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It was written in 1951 and argued against persuading voters based on arguments for why the New Deal was bad, suggesting instead a need to indoctrinate people with concepts of Christianity and free markets, though it didn't initially gain much traction.
So in 1951, of course, William F. Buckley Jr. writes God and Man at Yale, the Superstitions of Academic Freedom, in which he says, listen, we got to stop trying to persuade voters based on arguments f...
— Episode: Democracy Awakened (with Heather Cox Ric...
Episode: Democracy Awakened (with Heather Cox Richardson)
It was written in 1951 and argued against persuading voters based on arguments for why the New Deal was bad, suggesting instead a need to indoctrinate people with concepts of Christianity and free markets, though it didn't initially gain much traction.
So in 1951, of course, William F. Buckley Jr. writes God and Man at Yale, the Superstitions of Academic Freedom, in which he says, listen, we got to stop trying to persuade voters based on arguments for why the New Deal is a bad thing.