At least I couldn't.
Fantasyland by Kurt Andersen. Published a couple of years ago, this is a roving screech about the way the U.S. has always been susceptible to fantasy versions of events, people, places, facts, dreams, urges, and all the rest. He starts with the Puritans and walks through centuries of our country showing how we constantly swallow the P T Barnum raving. He provides stunning detailed description of dozens and dozens of situations and events and fantasies of all kinds of frauds to the point that most 1st world countries think we are close now to not knowing the difference between fantasy and reality.
This is not a Trump book, although the last few pages of his historical account get to that. It is a stunning litany in chronological form from earliest days to about 2017 showing how gullible we are and how our willingness to believe anything, and to assume that because you believe it it is true, is frightening.
I think you will be stunned at just how many historical examples he gives in his book.
This book will be the subject of our next book group and I look forward to the meeting. I suspect the first comment will be that he overlooks good parts in some of these situations, and that is probably true. But notwithstanding that, he certainly makes his point
Fantasyland by Kurt Andersen. Published a couple of years ago, this is a roving screech about the way the U.S. has always been susceptible to fantasy versions of events, people, places, facts, dreams, urges, and all the rest. He starts with the Puritans and walks through centuries of our country showing how we constantly swallow the P T Barnum raving. He provides stunning detailed description of dozens and dozens of situations and events and fantasies of all kinds of frauds to the point that most 1st world countries think we are close now to not knowing the difference between fantasy and reality.
This is not a Trump book, although the last few pages of his historical account get to that. It is a stunning litany in chronological form from earliest days to about 2017 showing how gullible we are and how our willingness to believe anything, and to assume that because you believe it it is true, is frightening.
I think you will be stunned at just how many historical examples he gives in his book.
This book will be the subject of our next book group and I look forward to the meeting. I suspect the first comment will be that he overlooks good parts in some of these situations, and that is probably true. But notwithstanding that, he certainly makes his point
