Just How Stupid Are We?
Author | : Rick Shenkman |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2010-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781458775801 |
ISBN-13 | : 1458775801 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Fifty percent of Americans can name four characters from aaC--AThe Simpsons, aaC--Au but only two out of five can name all three branches of the federal government. No more than one in seven can find Iraq on a map. Just how stupid are we? Pretty stupid. In Just How Stupid Are We?, best-selling author Rick Shenkman takes aim at our great national piety: the wisdom of the American people. American democracy is as direct as it's ever beenaaC--but voters are misusing, abusing, and abdicating their political power. At once a powerful indictment of voter apathy and political indifference, Just How Stupid Are We? also provides concrete proposals for reforming our institutionsaaC--the government, the media, civic organizations, political partiesaaC--to make them work better for the American people. But first, Shenkman argues, we must reform ourselves