| Author | : Rick Shenkman |
| File Size | : 44,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 01 July 2010 |
| ISBN | : 9781458775801 |
| Pages | : 258 pages |
Just How Stupid Are We by Rick Shenkman Book PDF Summary
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