Frank Thomas Knihy

With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, New York Times-bestselling author Thomas Frank exposes how, in the last few decades, the American Left has made an unprecedented shift away from its working-class roots. Financial inequality is one of the biggest political issues of our time: from the Wall Street bail-outs -- where bankers still received huge bonuses while thousands of people lost their homes -- to the rise of 'the One Percent', who between them control 40 per cent of US wealth. So where are the Democrats -- the notional party of the people -- in all this? In his scathing examination of how the Democratic Party has failed to combat financial inequality, despite being given near perfect conditions for success, Thomas Frank argues that the Left in America has abandoned its roots to pursue a new class of supporter: elite professionals. Under this 'meritocratic' system, the educated middle class prosper, but ordinary workers continue to suffer. Unless the Democrats remember their historic purpose and win back the working class, Frank warns, the rift between America's rich and poor will deepen further still, with dire consequences for both sides.

Autor szczegółowo i dowcipnie pokazuje, jak populistyczna prawica zajęła tradycyjne miejsce lewicy na scenie politycznej, a problemy kulturowe wyparły kwestie gospodarcze ze sfery politycznej rywalizacji.

From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberaland What's the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of interlocking essays perfect for this political moment. With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, New York Times-bestselling author Thomas Frank takes us on a tour through present-day America, showing us a society in the late stages of disintegration. Holding nothing back, Frank skewers both the right and left, and rages about the systematic inequality that led, in 2016, to millions of anxious, ordinary people rallying to the presidential campaign of a billionaire who meant them no good. For those who despair of the future of America and of reason itself, Rendezvous with Oblivionis a booster shot of energy, reality, and moral outrage.

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