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How to destroy America in three easy steps

Title
How to destroy America in three easy steps / Ben Shapiro.
Author
Shapiro, Ben
Publication
New York, NY : Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

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xxix, 248 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Traditional areas of civic agreement are vanishing. We can't agree on what makes America special. We can't even agree that America is special. We're coming to the point that we can't even agree what the word America itself means. "Disintegrationists" say we're stronger together, but their assault on America's history, philosophy, and culture will only tear us apart. Who are the disintegrationists? From Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States to the New York Times' 1619 project, many modern analyses view American history through the lens of competing oppressions, a racist and corrupt experiment from the very beginning. They see American philosophy as a lie -- beautiful words pasted over a thoroughly rotted system. They see America's culture of rights as a façade that merely reinforces traditional hierarchies of power, instead of being the only culture that guarantees freedom for individuals. Disintegrationist attacks on the values that built our nation are insidious because they replace each foundational belief, from the rights to free speech and self-defense to the importance of marriage and faith communities, with nothing more than an increased reliance on the government. This twisted disintegrationist vision replaces the traditional "unionist" understanding that all Americans are united in a shared striving toward the perfection of universal ideals. How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps shows that to be a cohesive nation we have to uphold foundational truths about ourselves, our history, and reality itself--to be unionists instead of disintegrationists. Shapiro offers a vital warning that if we don't recover these shared truths, our future--our union--as a great country is threatened with destruction.
Alternative Title
How to destroy America in 3 easy steps
Subject
  • National characteristics, American
  • Political culture > United States
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion
  • PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
  • Civilization > Philosophy
  • Political culture
  • United States > Civilization > Philosophy
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The American philosophy -- Disintegrating American philosophy -- The American culture -- The Disintegrationist culture -- The American history -- Disintegrating American history.
Call Number
JFE 21-5851
ISBN
  • 9780063001879
  • 006300187X
LCCN
2020018964
OCLC
1154891636
Author
Shapiro, Ben, author.
Title
How to destroy America in three easy steps / Ben Shapiro.
Publisher
New York, NY : Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Shapiro, Ben, How to destroy America in three easy steps First edition. New York, NY : Broadside Books, 2020. 9780063001893 (DLC) 2020018965
Other Standard Identifier
9780063001879 electronic book
Research Call Number
JFE 21-5851
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