{"product_id":"america-the-farewell-tour","title":"America by Chris Hedges","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAmerica: The Farewell Tour by Chris Hedges\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Hedges\u003c\/strong\u003e profound and unsettling examination of America in crisis is “an exceedingly…provocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be heard” (Booklist), about how bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in a culture of sadism and hate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerica\u003c\/em\u003e, says Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Chris Hedges, is convulsed by an array of pathologies that have arisen out of profound hopelessness, a bitter despair, and a civil society that has ceased to function.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe opioid crisis;\u003c\/strong\u003e the retreat into gambling to cope with economic distress; the pornification of culture; the rise of magical thinking; the celebration of sadism, hate, and \u003cstrong\u003eplagues of suicides \u003c\/strong\u003eare the physical manifestations of a society that is being ravaged by corporate pillage and a failed democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs our society unravels, we also face global upheaval caused by catastrophic climate change. All these ills presage a frightening reconfiguration of the nation and the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDonald Trump rode this disenchantment to power.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his “forceful and direct” (Publishers Weekly) \u003cem\u003eAmerica: The Farewell Tour\u003c\/em\u003e, Hedges argues that neither political party, now captured by corporate power, addresses the systemic problem. Until our corporate coup d’état is reversed these diseases will grow and ravage the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e“With sharply observed detail, Hedges writes a requiem for the American dream” (Kirkus Reviews) and seeks to jolt us out of our complacency while there is still time.\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50303213273403,"sku":"1501152688","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/12806513482722.jpg?v=1747481615","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/america-the-farewell-tour","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}