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Lyndon Johnson structured the deals he brokered to leave himself politically advantaged.
Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026
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“As a result, he would be making sure that any deal left Johnson coming out ahead. A good example is how he got the Civil Rights Act of 1957 passed through the Senate.”21:49Report a misattribution
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