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What are your Top 5 books about American Politics?
Posted on 5/11/24 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 5/11/24 at 3:20 pm
I’ll start - in the order of - how it started thru how’s it going
1-Federalist Papers (essential)
2-Democracy in America (what happens when essentials are applied)
3-John Adams, by David McCullough (I’m def team Jefferson and that bastud was a crumudgeon, but I think he was our most consequential founder insofar as the structure of our government. And a study in what happens when smart policy wonks are terrible fricking politicians)
4-Liberty & Tyranny, Levin (a great Cliff notes of 1&2, which I read in the fetal position after the Obaminaton was re-elected)
5-Treason, Ann Coulter (even tho she can be a total C U next Tuesday, she’s a gifted writer and truly encapsulates how fricking awful communists are)
1-Federalist Papers (essential)
2-Democracy in America (what happens when essentials are applied)
3-John Adams, by David McCullough (I’m def team Jefferson and that bastud was a crumudgeon, but I think he was our most consequential founder insofar as the structure of our government. And a study in what happens when smart policy wonks are terrible fricking politicians)
4-Liberty & Tyranny, Levin (a great Cliff notes of 1&2, which I read in the fetal position after the Obaminaton was re-elected)
5-Treason, Ann Coulter (even tho she can be a total C U next Tuesday, she’s a gifted writer and truly encapsulates how fricking awful communists are)
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Posted on 5/11/24 at 3:51 pm to Wednesday
Al-Qaeda R US
Why we love the USSR
Cuba Democracy for Dummies
How to aim a missile
Trans Gender and You
To name a few
Why we love the USSR
Cuba Democracy for Dummies
How to aim a missile
Trans Gender and You
To name a few
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:04 pm to Wednesday
Atlas Shrugged
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
Anything by the late Vince Flynn
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
Anything by the late Vince Flynn
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:07 pm to Wednesday
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:07 pm to OccamsStubble
I mean if we’re gonna do fictional allegories, we may as well add 1984.
But I meant nonfiction
But I meant nonfiction
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:17 pm to Wednesday
Fear and loathing on the 72 campaign trail.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:20 pm to Wednesday
If they teach more about American politics than non-fiction books claiming to teach you about American Politics, then, why not? Still, I’d rotate 1984 somewhere in the 7-8 range.
And I’d toss in Camp of the Saints in the six spot, considering the past three years.
And I’d toss in Camp of the Saints in the six spot, considering the past three years.
This post was edited on 5/11/24 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:27 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:31 pm to OccamsStubble
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Anything by the late Vince Flynn
His first book was the best, Term Limits.
I re-read it this year and it is shocking how little our politicians have changed since the late 90s. They will never change unless forced to.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:34 pm to Wednesday
quote:
mean if we’re gonna do fictional allegories, we may as well add 1984.
I remember pondering whether the oppressive surveillance state of 1984 or the drug induced sexual hedonism of Brave New World better predicted the future.
Orwell predicted a future in which the State maintains control through brainwashing, terror and war while Huxley envisioned a future in which citizens are conditioned by the State to embrace their servitude by becoming slaves to pleasure.
I once leaned toward believing that BNW better predicted the future yet it increasingly seems that we are transforming into a society that maintains the worst aspects of both works.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:43 pm to Toomer Deplorable
I think we’re living in a marriage btwn the 2.
shite is getting dystopian AF up in here.
shite is getting dystopian AF up in here.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:43 pm to Wednesday
quote:
Treason, Ann Coulter (even tho she can be a total C U next Tuesday, she’s a gifted writer and truly encapsulates how fricking awful communists are)
Not only is it a great, concise writing style but she has extensive end notes that document every point.
One book that might be hard to find is 'Why Govt Doesn't Work' by Harry Browne.
He ran for President as the Libertarian candidate and it's a great explanation of why a govt agency can't run anything efficiently.
This post was edited on 5/11/24 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:10 pm to Wednesday
quote:
I think we’re living in a marriage btwn the 2.
shite is getting dystopian AF up in here.
With a little Anarcho-Tyranny thrown in for good measure.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:10 pm to Zach
Fear and loathing on the campaign Trail by Hunter Thompson
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:12 pm to Wednesday
It's not so much about politics per se, but Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan made the entire world make more sense.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:27 pm to Wednesday
Huey Long by T. Harry Williams
A Team of Rivals
and
No Ordinary Time
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
and throw in The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys by her
The David McCollough books
Truman
John Adams
A Team of Rivals
and
No Ordinary Time
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
and throw in The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys by her
The David McCollough books
Truman
John Adams
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:29 pm to Wednesday
You guys have an will cover all the greats so I’ll just throw “Confessions of an Economic Hitman” in there
Posted on 5/11/24 at 8:17 pm to Wednesday
quote:
Liberty & Tyranny, Levin (a great Cliff notes of 1&2, which I read in the fetal position after the Obaminaton was re-elected)
Yup. After the re-election of the Kenyan we all sorta knew the year became 1936-ish, Germany (although the Manchurian Bamster Inc are still just puppets of his/their overlords.)
I once read the usual contemporary observers' political books (Pat Buchanan, Rush, Emmett Tyrrell) until discovering they only barely scraped the surface -- especially Rush.
Still the classics remain worthy. Imagine reading just ONE book (Benjamin Wiker) to read the following 15 classics? Sure its cheating a bit - Wiker provides his version of cliff notes and overview, but includes the meat and essence of each book. And they are all very good "political" books / authors. (yes, the Federalist Papers are there):
> The ten books are:
Aristotle's Politics
Orthodoxy, by G.K. Chesterton
The New Science of Politics, by Eric Voegelin
The Abolition of Man, by C.S. Lewis
Reflections on the Revolution in France, by Edmund Burke
Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville (inspirational)
The Federalist Papers
The Anti-Federalists
The Servile State, by Hilaire Belloc
The Road to Serfdom, by F.A. Hayek
And the four not to be missed (and one impostor) are:
The Tempest, by William Shakespeare (a surprise)
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien (another surprise)
The Jerusalem Bible (solid)
Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand (the fake "conservative" Author and book)
Posted on 5/11/24 at 8:18 pm to OccamsStubble
quote:
Fahrenheit 451
Decent movie too.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 8:19 pm to OccamsStubble
I
would sure like to know who downvoted
quote:
Atlas Shrugged
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
Anything by the late Vince Flynn
would sure like to know who downvoted
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