Chapter 3: Let’s Make America Great Again (1974–1980)
A moral crisis, an industrial crisis, an economic crisis… In America, nothing is going right, and Americans are depressed. Under Ronald Reagan, conservatives fought fiercely against feminists and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). They took control of the gun lobby. They stoked anger against “welfare recipients.” They organized a tax revolt in California. They won the support of the Christian right and the evangelical movement (Moral Majority).
The MAGA movement was launched. No one could stop it anymore.
THE SERIES (3x52')
Long before Donald Trump adopted it, the slogan “MAGA” was first coined by Ronald Reagan in 1980. The conservatives who came to power at that time set out to build an America in their own image—one defined by religiosity, individualism, and a hatred of the government and welfare recipients.
A look at the turmoil and radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s, which sparked this revolution.
A look at the turmoil and radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s, which sparked this revolution.
