By the end of the 1970s, corporate public affairs offices in Washington dramatically expanded from 100 in 1968 to over 500, with registered corporate lobbyists increasing from 175 in 1971 to nearly 2,500. This unprecedented mobilization, influenced by the Powell Memo, represented a systematic …
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Lewis Powell drafts confidential memo to the US Chamber of Commerce outlining a systematic strategy for corporate influence, drawing from psychological manipulation techniques similar to those developed in MKULTRA. The memo provides a blueprint for coordinated institutional capture through media, …
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Lewis Powell mailed a confidential, strategic memorandum titled ‘Attack On American Free Enterprise System’ to Eugene B. Sydnor Jr. at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The document outlined a systematic plan for corporations to defend and expand their power by capturing courts, academia, …
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