
The Wrecking Crew
How Conservatives Rule
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Narrado por:
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Oliver Wyman
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Thomas Frank
Casting back to the early days of the conservative revolution, Frank describes the rise of a ruling coalition dedicated to dismantling government. But rather than cutting down the big government they claim to hate, conservatives have simply sold it off, deregulating some industries, defunding others, but always turning public policy into a private-sector bidding war.
Washington itself has been remade into a golden landscape of super-wealthy suburbs and gleaming lobbyist headquarters. And though arch-lobbyist Jack Abramoff has crashed and burned, the government-by-entrepreneurship he pioneered so outrageously has become the law of the land.
It is no coincidence, Frank argues, that the same politicians who guffaw at the idea of effective government have installed a regime in which incompetence is the rule. Nor will the country easily shake off the consequences of deliberate misgovernment through the usual electoral remedies. Obsessed with achieving a lasting victory, conservatives have taken pains to enshrine the free market as the permanent creed of state.
Stamped with Frank's audacity, analytic brilliance, and wit, The Wrecking Crew is his most revelatory work yet - and his most important.
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Great book, but sad Tale!
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As someone greatly embarrassed to have been taken in by the propaganda surrounding Bush in 2000 and 2004, and voted for him, I sincerely wish us all to take many steps back, breathe deep, calm down, then start to review (as honestly and calmly as we can) what happened. Those responsible need to be man enough to deal with the consequences of their actions.
A damning criticism of the Conservative movement.
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Great story but long and dry
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Wish narrator would learn to pronounce Laissez faire (not laa) and Che (not shay). Even Frank pronounced Laissez faire correctly in the after interview.
Good historical analysis
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True that Frank's book is not prescriptive, but there's really no surprise there. He is a historian, and as such he has done his job: recounting recent history so that we might learn to avoid the mistakes of the prior 25 years. Indeed, he has done his job very well. I haven't encountered a better journalistic or historical rendition than this fine audiobook.
The job of reversing course and bringing those days of prosperity is up to us now.
Loss of hope...
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I highly recommend this listen for everyone who is fed up with this deregulated and corrupted system.
The Wrecking Crew
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In 10 hours of listening there was a litany of crimes and criminals, with the certainty that after 30 years of rule, conservativism's power over us is now absolute. Thomas Franks effort held no hope, no reasoned discourse. He proposed no workable ideas that might restore a government for and by the people.
The author's conclusion: We dare not strive for better for as long as anyone dare vote with vision and hope, we only embolden the resolve of Conservativism to destroy us. This book leaves the listener so demoralized they are left wondering if that was the objective of the author.
Possibly this book is a good resource on the history, methods and results of conservative rule for the student of politics but for other listeners looking for a different path it is a pain filled exercise in self flagellation
Looking for the political good
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