Kill It to Save It
eBook - ePub

Kill It to Save It

An Autopsy of Capitalism's Triumph over Democracy

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Kill It to Save It

An Autopsy of Capitalism's Triumph over Democracy

About this book

How have powerful Americans convinced their fellow citizens to support policies beneficial only to the wealthy? Why have so many given up on public education, safe food and safe streets, living wages – even on democracy itself?

Kill it to Save it lays bare the hypocrisy of US political discourse by documenting the story of capitalism's triumph over democracy.

As the Progressive Left tries to understand how President Trump came to power, Corey Dolgon documents his historical, political and cultural road map. Dolgon argues that American citizens now accept policies that destroy the public sector and promote political stories that feel right "in the gut", regardless of science or facts.

Covering the post-Vietnam era to present day, Dolgon dismantles US common sense cultural discourse and explains why the endless crisis in US policy will continue until American citizens recognize what has been lost, and in whose interest.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction: In My Life
  8. PART 1: The Strange Life of Kill it to Save it: Origins, Theories and Myths
  9. PART 2: Learning American Style: The Life and Death of American Education
  10. PART 3: Junk Food, Junk Science, and Junk Freedom: Life and Death in America
  11. PART 4: The Life and Death of America’s Economy and Government
  12. EPILOGUE: Innocents Abroad, Trouble at Home: Kill it to Save it Goes Global
  13. Notes