Bibliograph

American manifesto, saving democracy from villains, vandals, and ourselves, Bob Garfield

Type

Label

American manifesto, saving democracy from villains, vandals, and ourselves, Bob Garfield

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American manifesto

Oclc number

1104303115

Responsibility statement

Bob Garfield

Sub title

saving democracy from villains, vandals, and ourselves

Summary

"Why is our society in the fix it is in? Is it all Donald Trump's fault? Well, no. As often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus that has been incubating for at least 50 years and maybe 150. But not often observed is where the virus is imbedded: in the psychic core of identity. This book explores the primacy of identity in American society and makes the argument that hyper-polarization was not only predictable but inevitable, based on such unlikely causal bedfellows as biology, multiculturalism and collateral damage from the American Dream"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Part I. The big who -- Pokemon Go: inner-self edition -- E pluribus unum? -- But of course Trumpism -- Part II. Mass exodus -- The doomsday machine -- Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble -- Trust busting -- Part III. The manifesto -- Feed the watchdogs -- No, really, trust busting -- Boycott -- How to know if a movie sucks of it the Russians are trying to trick you -- The color purple -- Coalition -- Conclusion

Target audience

adult

Classification