TIL of the Powell Memorandum. A confidential memorandum entitled "The Attack on the American Free Enterprise System". It kickstarted a concerted effort to shift US opinion to the right and started a massive PR campaign to persuade Americans that the 'left' was bad for the average American.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.#Powell_Memorandum
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