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The Chapo Guide to Revolution
- A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
- Narrated by: Felix Biederman, Virgil Texas, Brendan James, Will Menaker, Matt Christman
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 08-21-18
- Language: English
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Regular price: $17.00
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Following Marx’s death in 1883, Engels was able to step into the breach and, drawing on Marx’s extensive notes and writings, complete volume 2 of Capital, leading to its publication in 1885. Here, Marx turns his attention to the money owner, the money lender, the wholesale merchant, the trader and the entrepreneur or 'functioning capitalist.'
Publisher's Summary
The creators of the cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House deliver a manifesto for everyone who feels orphaned and alienated - politically, culturally, and economically - by the bloodless Wall Street centrism of the Democrats and the lizard-brained atavism of the right: there is a better way, the Chapo Way.
In a manifesto that renders all previous attempts at political satire obsolete, The Chapo Guide to Revolution shows you that you don’t have to side with either the pear-shaped vampires of the right or the craven, lanyard-wearing wonks of contemporary liberalism. These self-described “assholes from the Internet” offer a fully ironic ideology for all who feel politically hopeless and prefer broadsides and tirades to reasoned debate.
Learn the “secret” history of the world, politics, media, and everything in-between that they don’t want you to know and chart a course from our wretched present to a utopian future where one can post in the morning, game in the afternoon, and podcast after dinner without ever becoming a poster, gamer, or podcaster.
The Chapo Guide to Revolution features biographies of important thought leaders and the 10 new laws that govern Chapo Year Zero (everyone gets a dog, billionaires are turned into Soylent, and logic is outlawed). If you’re a fan of sacred cows, prisoners being taken, and holds being barred, then this book is not for you. However, if you feel disenfranchised from the political and cultural nightmare we’re in, then Chapo, let’s go....
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- Donnie
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- 08-21-18
Genius - Even better that they read their own work
This book is better than America the book that many of us loved 15 years ago because we're stupid. Now let's hope the sequel discusses the truth about Syria.
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- Tara
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- 08-21-18
Oh hell yeaaa
I’ve been waiting for this to come out for so long and I’ve gotta say it doesn’t disappoint. Chapo does it again with their absolutely bleak, completely demented, chaotic style that you can’t find anywhere else except for the scattered remnants of now defunct web forums and ephemeral discord chats that inevitably fall apart because of infighting. These guys are our only hope and, honestly, we’re all going to die. At least it’s going to be fun.
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- D. Coleman
- 08-22-18
my beautiful boy virgil has a voice like an angel.
this book taught me the importance of cleaning my room and standing up straight. everything in this book is correct and good.
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- Jake Shavinski
- 08-24-18
Completely Critical to Childhood Development
As a childcare professional, I can say without a shred of doubt that this audiobook has opened new thought-channels in the cortex of every toddler and adolescent exposed to it. Their astral projections have begun to harmonize and provide Elon Musk with new ways to prevent the UAW from securing worker's rights to not be probed on and off the clock. Progress shows no signs of halting, and the DJIA has shot past Mount Kilimanjaro. Pour all of your money (including any deemed "critical" to your survival) "into" this "book" "immediately".
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- Anonymous User
- 08-22-18
My large adult sons made a book
I procrastinated at work listening to this, Pretty dope, really wanna eat the rich now tho.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-22-18
buy the book
if you're considering buying the book, do it.
if you're not considering it, consider it.
then buy it.
buy the book.
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- my man know
- 08-22-18
Better than the podcast
My god, the line about how the apocalypse is here “you just don’t live there,” was the brilliance of Matt’s climate change rant encapsulated in one sentence. Let’s go!!!
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- RonJon715
- 08-21-18
🙏 Popcorn
100% of the proceeds from this audiobook will be going to the #SavePopcorn foundation. He’s a sweet southern boy who’s suffering from congenital gas deficiency. My man is dying from a court induced lack of loud. Buy the book twice; it’s nice outside. 🙏
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- Brian Buster
- 08-21-18
The Chapo Gang Writes A Damn Book
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Chapo has! But is Chapo for you?
If you’ve ever used the phrase “irony poisoning” then Chapo is for you.
If watching the latest clip of some news pundit “DESTROYING” a guest has every left you feeling not only hollow but with the sneaking suspicion that they are all in on a system rigged to not give a flying shit about you, your loved ones or anyone in your community, Chapo is for you.
If you’re the kind of person who feels left out by “the discourse” (the ghoulish politics of the right, the toothless response politics of Democrats, and the pundit class that praise every move of both) then Chapo is 100% for you.
In all honesty, Chapo is amazing because they have voice to all the things that left me feeling alienated politically and each week I get to listen to people who are just as outraged, horrified and ready to crack jokes just as “we’ll meet again” is starting to play somewhere far off in the distance. I can’t thank all of them enough for how empowered and activated it’s made me feel.
In sum, this book is solid and funny guide to some good politics people, the meat on the bones of the spooky Skelton that is Chapo, read it and don’t forget to leave 12 copies in your local Costco (This is called D’Souzaing)
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All over the place
I love the podcast and overall argument of the Dirtbag Left but this book was discombobulated. The first three chapters were on point and laid out a coherent critique of neoliberalism and how capitalism is a scam for everyday people. However it lost all connection to its main idea, if there really was any, from there! The sporadic jokes made an main argument hard to follow.
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- Deniche Matturi
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Definitely worth a read!
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- DVee
- 10-26-18
A mixed bag
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- Moh
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Its a 8 hour chapo podcast ep (a good thing)
well produced and very interesting. a must have for every chapo listener. Buy the Book.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-26-18
Inspiring!
A fresh breath of air for modern socio-economy. Listen to this audiobook to own the libs.
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- Dom
- 10-25-18
go off kings
allllllll right, welcome to real motherfucking Chapo hours! real Goddam respecting women hours and some adjunct hours to add funk power. Gorka maintains his ascendancy.
solidarity for the student precariate, eat the rich, fuck school, burn shit.
Keep on Foxley, you'll find your inspiration just as I once found you. You got this
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- Daniel Elliott
- 08-24-18
Hilarious and insightful guide to our nightmare.
Exactly what every despairing, exhausted young person needs to hear/read to understand and challenge the madness of late capitalism.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-12-18
a book that accurately describes our hellworld
this book heroically attempts to describe our current misfortunes and cannily skews the innumerable villains who brought us to this point