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“What did “good government” really mean? Langlie and his brotherhood promised an end to political corruption. (There’s no evidence that Langlie ever even took a drink, much less a bribe.) The days of “honest graft” were over, at least for a while. But seen from another perspective—that of ordinary citizens without access to Langlie and Abram’s elite network—Langlie didn’t so much end corruption as legalize it. Langlie wasn’t opposed to a government organized around the interests of the greedy; he just didn’t want to have to break the law to serve them.”

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Book:The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
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Jeff Sharlet, born in 1972, is an accomplished journalist known for his in-depth investigations and revelations of social issues, particularly in the areas of politics, religion, and the LGBTQ+ community. more

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