By skyforbes 
Written By Arthur
How the Most Successful Propaganda Campaign of the 20th Century Still Shapes Your Feed, Your Vote, and Your Neighbor’s Empty Pantry…
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THE SET-UP: A BACKLASH LOOKING FOR A STORY (1965–1974)
- Civil rights wins → White racial panic → Ratings gold
. The ink on the Voting Rights Act is barely dry.
- Black voter registration in Mississippi jumps from 6 % to 60 % in four years.
- Medicaid (1965) becomes the first federal program that must serve Black mothers in every county.
- Fair Housing Act (1968) threatens the biggest store of White wealth — home equity.
For the first time since Reconstruction, federal power is being used to redistribute access, not just dollars.
A lot of White Americans — especially Northern ethnics who had just fled integrating cities — feel something slipping away. That “something” is the psychic wage…