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doblyatmos's review against another edition
5.0
Klein uses the concepts from her previous books (namely branding, the use of disasters to push through unpalatable agendas and climate change) to needle into Trump, examining his modus operandi and how how the conditions appeared for him to be President.
It works really well and I agree with her central statements that Trump is a symptom of our broken system (which she constantly eviscerates - along with Clinton's/Centrists woeful attempts to offer anything other a than the status quo) and figuratively cutting off his head through impeachment etc will just lead to another (probably less orange) one emerging. Although he should still be called out and protested against, more time and energy needs to be ploughed into more general, progressive and community based programs to try to forge an image of a new future.
Although too recent for her book to mention, Labour's recent success with a manifesto that doesn't sing from the usual neo-liberal hymnsheet and presents a politics of hope shows that more progressive ideas, often seen as political suicide, are actually popular and well received by the public when given a fair hearing. Klein's book is recommended reading if you're feeling depressed by the state of things currently, times are bad but there's definitely seeds of hope.
It works really well and I agree with her central statements that Trump is a symptom of our broken system (which she constantly eviscerates - along with Clinton's/Centrists woeful attempts to offer anything other a than the status quo) and figuratively cutting off his head through impeachment etc will just lead to another (probably less orange) one emerging. Although he should still be called out and protested against, more time and energy needs to be ploughed into more general, progressive and community based programs to try to forge an image of a new future.
Although too recent for her book to mention, Labour's recent success with a manifesto that doesn't sing from the usual neo-liberal hymnsheet and presents a politics of hope shows that more progressive ideas, often seen as political suicide, are actually popular and well received by the public when given a fair hearing. Klein's book is recommended reading if you're feeling depressed by the state of things currently, times are bad but there's definitely seeds of hope.
nickel_is_neat's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
This was a fast read, but not necessarily life changing info.
megthegrand's review against another edition
1.0
I found the tone to be pretty condescending in parts, and also had difficulty trying to assess what point was being made (the only clue I had was from the section titles). If we were supposed to feel hopeful at the end, I certainly wasn’t.
holdenn93's review against another edition
5.0
Basically this book taught me about the widespread use of shock tactics by dirty politicians, where they exploit the immediate public shock following a tragic event to force in their policies and make a change to suit their agenda because everyone is too busy being shocked by the event to focus on anything else, and how Trump thrives off these shock tactics. Klein's solution is immediate widespread solidarity of the people to the threat.