The Coddling of the American Mind

[GyroF-16]

I second the book recommendation.
I read it last spring, and still am reminded of it’s main points on a weekly basis.

[Totem Polar]

I should read it, since I have a copy.

[GyroF-16]

I should read it, since I have a copy.

Yes - you should!

I seem to recall that you have ties to academia… I’ll bet a lot of it will sound eerily familiar to you.

[Totem Polar]

Yes - you should!

I seem to recall that you have ties to academia… I’ll bet a lot of it will sound eerily familiar to you.

That’s sort of what I’m afraid of.

[Oldherkpilot]

If you liked this book you'd probably like The Righteous Mind by Haidt as well. His theory on why conservatives and libs are at odds on so many issues seems legit to me.

[Nephrology]

If you liked this book you'd probably like The Righteous Mind by Haidt as well. His theory on why conservatives and libs are at odds on so many issues seems legit to me.

I'll check it out!

I've been reading a lot of Thomas Frank lately - particularly, "The People, No" . It touches on a lot of these themes heavily - and in particular,

I’m in much the same boat, though I hasten to add that it’s not so much that a bunch of us grew up and moved away from the dems, as it is that the elite left took the dems, and moved them away from us.

The People, No talks about this extensively. Particularly how the Democrats abandoned labor (their natural/historical voter base) in favor of the professional-managerial class. I think you'd like that book a lot too.