KILL IT TO SAVE IT by Corey Dolgon ( 9781447317135 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

KILL IT TO SAVE IT
THE TRIUMPH OF CAPITALISM OVER AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

By:

Corey Dolgon

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1447317130

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9781447317135

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Publisher:

POLICY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 September, 2017

Pages:

152

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Kill it to Save it lays bare the hypocrisy of US political discourse by documenting capitalism's triumph over democracy. Dolgon argues that Americans now accept "reforms" that destroy the public sector and a political culture that embraces "truthiness"-arguments that feel right "in the gut" regardless of messy facts.

Synopsis:

How have the 'powerful' convinced most Americans to support policies only beneficial to those in power? How do they 'manufacture' consent from citizens whose own self-interest and collective well-being are constantly denied? Why have so many Americans given up on good public education, safe food and safe streets, living wages and democracy itself? Kill it to Save it lays bare the hypocrisy of US political discourse by documenting the historical and theoretical story of capitalism's triumph over democracy. Tackling issues of neo-liberalism and declining public institutions, Dolgon argues that American citizens now accept "reform" policies that simply destroy the public sector and a political culture that embraces what Stephen Colbert calls "truthiness"-to accept arguments that feel right "in the gut" regardless of fancy science or messy facts.Covering the post-Vietnam era to the present parade of political reality TV, Dolgon dismantles US 'common sense' cultural discourse and explains why the 'endless crisis' in US policy will continue unabated until a critical mass of American citizens recognize who and what are being killed and in whose interest.

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