Do you ever wonder if there’s a connection between the corruption scandals in the news and the steady decline in the quality of life for millions of Americans?
Do you ever wonder what corporations get for the millions of dollars they pour into the American political system?
Do you ever think the government has been hijacked by forces hostile to average Americans?
Do you ever want to fight back?
Millions of Americans lack health care and millions more struggle to afford it. Politicians claim they care, then pass legislation that just sends more cash to the HMOs. Wages have been stagnant for thirty years, even as corporate profits skyrocket. Politicians say they want to fix the problem and then pass bills written by lobbyists that drive wages even lower and punish those crushed by debt. Jobs are being shipped overseas, pensions are being cut, and energy is becoming unaffordable. And our government, more concerned about maintaining its corporate sponsorship than protecting its citizens, does nothing about it.
In Hostile Takeover , David Sirota, a major new voice in American politics, seeks to open the eyes of ordinary Americans to the fact that corporate interests have undermined democracy, aided and abetted by their lackeys in our allegedly representative government. At a time when more and more of America’s major political leaders are being indicted or investigated for corruption, Sirota takes readers on a journey that shows how all of this nefarious behavior happened right under our noses—and how the high-profile scandals are merely one product of a political system and debate wholly owned by Big Money interests. Sirota considers major public issues that feel intractable—like spiraling health care costs, the outsourcing of jobs, the inequities of the tax code, and out-of-control energy prices—and shows how in each case workable solutions are buried under the lies of lobbyists, the influence of campaign cash, and the ubiquitous spin machine financed by Big Business.
With fiery passion, pinpoint wit, and lucid analysis, Hostile Takeover reveals the true enemies of reform and their increasingly sophisticated—and hostile—tactics. It’s an essential guidebook for those of us tired of the government selling us out—and determined to take our country back.
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评分我必须承认,这本书对我的认知带来了一次小小的冲击。它处理的议题非常尖锐,涉及了权力、道德的模糊地带,以及个体在巨大系统面前的无力感与抗争。作者并没有提供简单的答案,而是将所有复杂性赤裸裸地摊开在我们面前,迫使我们去面对那些舒适区之外的真相。阅读过程中,我多次感到不适,但正是这种“不适感”,让我意识到自己正在接触一些真正有价值的内容。它挑战了我的既有观点,让我开始重新审视一些习以为常的观念。这种批判性的思维引导,远比直接灌输说教要高明得多。这本书的后劲很大,可能需要花很长时间才能消化其中的全部信息量,它无疑是一部具有深度和思想性的作品,绝非昙花一现的消遣读物。
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