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Article: The rise of the counter-establishment; from conservative ideology to political power.
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- The Washington Monthly
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- December 1, 1986
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The Rise of the Counter-Establishment
Suddenly, Star Wars is an industrial policy."It could open whole new fields of technology and industry, providing jobs for thousands right here in Colorado,' President Reagan told a Republican campaign rally in that state before the election.
In Massachusetts, the anti-abortion peoplehave become Naderites. "I think government should regulate industries, not contribute to them,' says a plaintive housewife type in an ad for Question 1, a failed ballot initiative that would have enabled the state legislatuure to cut off funds for abortion, among other things.
To the press, the Reagan ascendancy has beena triumph ...