How the Right Lost Its Mind
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Average rating3.7
"Bracing and immediate." - The Washington Post Once at the center of the American conservative movement, bestselling author and radio host Charles J. Sykes is a fierce opponent of Donald Trump and the right-wing media that enabled his rise. In How the Right Lost Its Mind, Sykes presents an impassioned, regretful, and deeply thoughtful account of how the American conservative movement came to lose its values. How did a movement that was defined by its belief in limited government, individual liberty, free markets, traditional values, and civility find itself embracing bigotry, political intransigence, demagoguery, and outright falsehood? How the Right Lost Its Mind addresses: *Why are so many voters so credulous and immune to factual information reported by responsible media? *Why do conservatives decide to overlook, even embrace, so many of Trump’s outrages, gaffes, conspiracy theories, falsehoods, and smears? *Can conservatives govern? Or are they content merely to rage? *How can the right recover its traditional values and persuade a new generation of their worth?
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Note: I received an ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
I found this to be a fascinating book. I wasn't previously familiar with the author, and have never called myself a conservative. I've also been horrified by the vitriol evidenced in the current political climate, and flummoxed by support for Trump by those who you think would know better.
What this book has done is provided more information and context for the changes in the American political climate over the years, the threats of creeping authoritarianism, and more of an underlying philosophy and rationale of conservatism. It speaks to the “need for that careful balancing of their opposition to both elitist autocracy and populist demagoguery”.
Highly recommended, to conservatives, liberals, moderates, and anyone with any interest at all in the current American political climate.
Basically attacks the Right and many specific players for losing the COnservative way. OK but I would have rather read “Why” the Right Lost Its Mind.
