The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot

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Author : Naomi Wolf
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9781933392790
Number of Pages : 192
Product Group : Book
Publication Date : 2007-09-01
Publisher : Chelsea Green

ASIN : 1933392797

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Customer Reviews

see the signs (2008-05-26)

Tyranny has been around for over 5000 years...freedom is relatively young and it's being slowly taken away from us again...this book is a great wake up call. We as free human beings under our maker must shine a light to overcome this darkness that is coming down on us. Promoting fear makes people docile...we must overcome our apathy for our sakes and our future generations. Corporatism is running this planet as they keep the tyrants in office.

scary stuff (2007-12-02)

This was a little scary to read, but probably more than a touch overstated. Is Ms. Wolf paranoid, or just trying to sell books with shock value, or is she instead actually right about a sort of pseudofacism existing in America today? The answer may be all of the above, especially the last two points. I agree that we should be highly skeptical of our leaders, especially when an apparently highly incompetent one is in charge, but things could be far worse than they are in America today. Overall, a gutsy and somewhat disturbing read that I recommend. Author of Adjust Your Brain: A Practical Theory for Maximizing Mental Health.

Naomi Wolf's wake up call (2007-09-11)

One of the classic findings of contemporary Psychology is the `hopelessness/helplessness' syndrome. The idea is that once a person has become conditioned to believe that no matter what they do, the outcome will be the same, they become overwhelmed with feelings of confusion, hopelessness, helplessness and apathy. Living in North America in the twenty first century is a study of this phenomenon. I experience this sense of helpless dread and its accompanying apathy every time I turn on the TV, listen to the radio or read the newspaper to hear yet again about our continuing loss of liberties and the tragedies that ensue as a result. It was thus all the more refreshing to read Wolf's book "The End of America" and feel, much to my pleasant surprise, a rare sense of optimism at its conclusion. Using the same accessible and passionate voice that has made "The Beauty Myth" and "Misconceptions" bestsellers, Wolf eloquently argues that Americans are rapidly losing their liberties under the Bush regime and that the political tactics being used to implant these policies have historical parallels in other fascist dictatorships including Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. Using example after example spanning from personal accounts of young jailed bloggers and peace activists to the very public crackdowns on dissidents like the Dixie chicks, to curtailing academic freedom in universities across the country, Wolf illustrates how our open, democratic society is being systemically shut down by the Bush administration. The beauty of this book, however, lies not so much in its thoroughly researched and clearly articulated thesis, but in its ability to offer an optimistic alternative to the apathy that is plaguing the young patriots that this book addresses. Reading "The End of America", although seemingly depressing at first, is enlightening in its ability to offer its own thesis as an antidote to the trajectory America is on. It is only awareness of our own history and a clear sense of what is currently happening around us that can dismantle the governmental authority that is so threatening to us now. As Wolf writes, "..the founders did not mean for powerful men and women far away from the citizens or people with their own agendas or for a class of professionals to perform the patriots' tasks, or to protect freedom. They meant for us to do it: you, me, the American who delivers your mail, the one who teaches your kids" (p.5). Wolf could not be more accurate in her statement. Psychology has taught us that the only way out of the helplessness/hopelessness cycle is by asserting control and recognizing that we have the power to change and shape our environment. In an era where nihilism and despair predominate, "The End of America" is a refreshing, accessible, passionate, timely and engaging guidebook to help us on our way.

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