{"product_id":"american-manifesto-saving-democracy-from-villains-vandals-and-ourselves-9781640094611","title":"American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves","description":"\u003cb\u003eDo you fear for our democracy? Are you ready to throw in the towel? Don't! This is your guidebook to reassembling our hyperpolarized American society in six (not-so-easy) steps, written by the cohost of WNYC's \u003ci\u003eOn the Media\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs is often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus that has been incubating for at least fifty years. But not often observed is where the virus is imbedded: in the psychic core of our identity. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e, popular media personality Bob Garfield examines the tragic confluence of the American preoccupation with identity and the catastrophic disintegration of the mass media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGarfield investigates how we've gotten to this moment when our identity is threatened by both the left and the right, when e pluribus unum is no longer a source of national pride, and why, when looking through this lens of identity, the rise of Trumpism is no surprise. Overlaying this crisis is the rise of the Facebook-Google duopoly and the filter bubble of social media, where identity is insular and immutable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut fear not! WNYC's \u003ci\u003eOn the Media\u003c\/i\u003e cohost Garfield has ideas about how we may counter the forces of fragmentation--the manifesto itself: six steps to take to reassemble our fractured society. A quick, fascinating read, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Manifesto \u003c\/i\u003eoffers not only a vision of a country in extremis, but also a plan for how to address the ways in which our democracy is imperiled. Provocative, profound, and sometimes hilariously profane, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to action like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Garfield\u003c\/b\u003e is the cohost of WNYC's weekly Peabody Award-winning \u003ci\u003eOn the Media\u003c\/i\u003e. Garfield has been a columnist and contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as an author, lecturer, podcaster, and broadcast personality on ABC, CBS, CNBC, PBS, and NPR. He lives in suburban Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50494932484370,"sku":"9781640094611","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51e0f328-35de-430b-aa44-d2c35f51ed68.jpg?v=1730668866","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-manifesto-saving-democracy-from-villains-vandals-and-ourselves-9781640094611","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}