{"product_id":"american-manifesto-9781640094611","title":"American Manifesto","description":"\u003cb\u003eDo you fear for our democracy? Are you ready to throw in the towel? Don't! This is your guidebook to reassembling our hyperpolarized American society in six (not-so-easy) steps, written by the cohost of WNYC's \u003ci\u003eOn the Media\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs is often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus that has been incubating for at least fifty years. But not often observed is where the virus is imbedded: in the psychic core of our identity. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e, popular media personality Bob Garfield examines the tragic confluence of the American preoccupation with identity and the catastrophic disintegration of the mass media. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarfield investigates how we've gotten to this moment when our identity is threatened by both the left and the right, when e pluribus unum is no longer a source of national pride, and why, when looking through this lens of identity, the rise of Trumpism is no surprise. Overlaying this crisis is the rise of the Facebook-Google duopoly and the filter bubble of social media, where identity is insular and immutable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut fear not! WNYC's \u003ci\u003eOn the Media\u003c\/i\u003e cohost Garfield has ideas about how we may counter the forces of fragmentation—the manifesto itself: six steps to take to reassemble our fractured society. A quick, fascinating read, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Manifesto \u003c\/i\u003eoffers not only a vision of a country in extremis, but also a plan for how to address the ways in which our democracy is imperiled. Provocative, profound, and sometimes hilariously profane, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to action like no other.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62269103997315,"sku":"9781640094611","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9781640094611.jpg?v=1785510292","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/american-manifesto-9781640094611","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}