A review by mikefromco
Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People by Thomas Frank
challenging
medium-paced
2.5
This is one of the interesting pre-Trump left populist books that spends a shocking amount of time whining about liberalism and a even more shockingly little amount of time stating what should be different. Except for saying over and over again “it doesn’t have to be this way” the book does little to actually articulate how it could be different and/or how.
Very much an early contribution to the post-Trump election “dirtbag left” populist trend this one doesn’t quite do as effective job as many of its brethren have done in articulating what should be different.
I also listened to the self-read audiobook and the cadence of the entire book was just a very bitter whining which made this difficult to sit through.
Very much an early contribution to the post-Trump election “dirtbag left” populist trend this one doesn’t quite do as effective job as many of its brethren have done in articulating what should be different.
I also listened to the self-read audiobook and the cadence of the entire book was just a very bitter whining which made this difficult to sit through.