50 Books like The Right

Why Americans Hate Politics

by E.J. Dionne Jr. • 1991

The counterculture aimed to bury the right. It built the right a majority instead.

3.88

219

🏛️ American Conservatism 🗳️ Political Realignment ⚔️ Culture Wars 🤝 Racial Politics 🕊️ Postwar Liberalism

Why Americans Hate Politics 97%

The counterculture aimed to bury the right. It built the right a majority instead.

by E.J. Dionne Jr. 1991

3.88

219 ratings

🏛️ American Conservatism 🗳️ Political Realignment ⚔️ Culture Wars 🤝 Racial Politics 🕊️ Postwar Liberalism

When They Call You a Terrorist

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors • 2018

Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.

4.49

26k+

🐘 Conservative Populism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🗳️ Party Realignment 🦅 Neoconservatism ☕ Tea Party Movement

When They Call You a Terrorist 96%

Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018

4.49

26k+ ratings

🐘 Conservative Populism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🗳️ Party Realignment 🦅 Neoconservatism ☕ Tea Party Movement

Buckley

by Carl T. Bogus • 2011

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

3.75

151

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Buckley 96%

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

by Carl T. Bogus 2011

3.75

151 ratings

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Buckley

by Sam Tanenhaus • 2025

How a yachtsman with a magazine built the movement that elected Reagan.

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712

🏛️ Conservative Movement 🌐 Cold War Politics 📺 Political Media 🚩 Anti-Communism 🎙️ Public Intellectuals

Buckley 95%

How a yachtsman with a magazine built the movement that elected Reagan.

by Sam Tanenhaus 2025

4.21

712 ratings

🏛️ Conservative Movement 🌐 Cold War Politics 📺 Political Media 🚩 Anti-Communism 🎙️ Public Intellectuals

America's Cultural Revolution

by Christopher F. Rufo • 2023

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

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⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

America's Cultural Revolution 95%

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

by Christopher F. Rufo 2023

4.21

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

When the Clock Broke

by John Ganz • 2024

David Duke, Ross Perot, and the early 1990s road from the Cold War to Trump.

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5k+

🏛️ Political History 🐘 Right-Wing Movements ⚔️ Culture Wars 💸 Economic Anxiety 📻 Media Fragmentation

When the Clock Broke 95%

David Duke, Ross Perot, and the early 1990s road from the Cold War to Trump.

by John Ganz 2024

4.07

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Political History 🐘 Right-Wing Movements ⚔️ Culture Wars 💸 Economic Anxiety 📻 Media Fragmentation

America Last

by Jacob Heilbrunn • 2024

The Right's century of admiring strongmen is not a bug but the point.

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246

🏛️ Paleoconservatism 🤝 Authoritarian Admiration 📉 Illiberalism 🚫 Isolationism 🧬 Eugenics And Politics

America Last 95%

The Right's century of admiring strongmen is not a bug but the point.

by Jacob Heilbrunn 2024

3.83

246 ratings

🏛️ Paleoconservatism 🤝 Authoritarian Admiration 📉 Illiberalism 🚫 Isolationism 🧬 Eugenics And Politics

The Reactionary Mind

by Corey Robin • 2011

Conservatism is the counterrevolution: a history of the right borrowing from the left to defeat it.

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3k+

🏛️ Conservative Thought 🔥 Reactionary Politics 🔄 Counterrevolution ⛓️ Defense Of Hierarchy 🗳️ Right-Wing Populism

The Reactionary Mind 95%

Conservatism is the counterrevolution: a history of the right borrowing from the left to defeat it.

by Corey Robin 2011

3.94

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Conservative Thought 🔥 Reactionary Politics 🔄 Counterrevolution ⛓️ Defense Of Hierarchy 🗳️ Right-Wing Populism

The Age of Abundance

by Brink Lindsey • 2007

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

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134

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture ⛪ Evangelical Politics 🏛️ Political Realignment

The Age of Abundance 95%

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

by Brink Lindsey 2007

3.51

134 ratings

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture ⛪ Evangelical Politics 🏛️ Political Realignment

A Patriot's History of the United States

by Larry Schweikart • 2004

The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.

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🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 🦅 Patriotic History 📈 Economic History 📜 Founding Era ⚖️ Limited Government

A Patriot's History of the United States Summary

A Patriot's History of the United States 95%

The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.

by Larry Schweikart 2004

4.11

4k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 🦅 Patriotic History 📈 Economic History 📜 Founding Era ⚖️ Limited Government

Defeating Big Government Socialism

by Newt Gingrich • 2022

Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.

4.19

288

🗣️ Conservative Polemics 📈 Free Market Advocacy 🚫 Anti-Socialism 🏛️ Limited Government 📋 Bureaucratic Bloat

Defeating Big Government Socialism Summary

Defeating Big Government Socialism 95%

Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.

by Newt Gingrich 2022

4.19

288 ratings

🗣️ Conservative Polemics 📈 Free Market Advocacy 🚫 Anti-Socialism 🏛️ Limited Government 📋 Bureaucratic Bloat

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

by Ben Shapiro • 2020

Three principles made America. A rival philosophy now insists all three were the problem all along.

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5k+

🇺🇸 American Identity 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Natural Rights 🏛️ Limited Government 🎯 Cancel Culture

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps 95%

Three principles made America. A rival philosophy now insists all three were the problem all along.

by Ben Shapiro 2020

4.06

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Identity 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Natural Rights 🏛️ Limited Government 🎯 Cancel Culture

How To Trump SJWs

by Manon Welles • 2016

Steal the left’s playbook: ridicule, pressure, personalization. Your counterstrike manual.

4.25

181

🏛️ Conservative Strategy ✊ Political Activism ⚔️ Culture Wars 🧠 Psychological Warfare 🔋 Power Dynamics

How To Trump SJWs 94%

Steal the left’s playbook: ridicule, pressure, personalization. Your counterstrike manual.

by Manon Welles 2016

4.25

181 ratings

🏛️ Conservative Strategy ✊ Political Activism ⚔️ Culture Wars 🧠 Psychological Warfare 🔋 Power Dynamics

Liberty and Tyranny

by Mark R. Levin • 2004

The Constitution was not repealed, it was reinterpreted: the conservative case for reversal.

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8k+

🏛️ American Conservatism 📜 Originalism ⚖️ Natural Law Theory 🔗 Limited Government 💸 Welfare State Critique

Liberty and Tyranny 94%

The Constitution was not repealed, it was reinterpreted: the conservative case for reversal.

by Mark R. Levin 2004

4.17

8k+ ratings

🏛️ American Conservatism 📜 Originalism ⚖️ Natural Law Theory 🔗 Limited Government 💸 Welfare State Critique

The Great Debate

by Yuval Levin • 2013

Burke and Paine split over human nature and justice. Their argument became right and left.

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1k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Left Vs Right 🔄 Reform Vs Revolution 🕯️ Modern Conservatism

The Great Debate 94%

Burke and Paine split over human nature and justice. Their argument became right and left.

by Yuval Levin 2013

3.87

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Left Vs Right 🔄 Reform Vs Revolution 🕯️ Modern Conservatism

For Love of Country

by Tulsi Gabbard • 2024

A Democratic congresswoman walks away from her party. What she saw inside explains why.

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3k+

🇺🇸 American Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🕊️ Anti-Interventionism 🎤 Cancel Culture

For Love of Country 94%

A Democratic congresswoman walks away from her party. What she saw inside explains why.

by Tulsi Gabbard 2024

4.34

3k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🕊️ Anti-Interventionism 🎤 Cancel Culture

The Dying Citizen

by Victor Davis Hanson • 2021

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

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2k+

🗽 American Citizenship 🏴 National Identity 📉 Middle Class Decline 🏢 Bureaucratic State 🎭 Identity Politics Critique

The Dying Citizen 94%

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

by Victor Davis Hanson 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🗽 American Citizenship 🏴 National Identity 📉 Middle Class Decline 🏢 Bureaucratic State 🎭 Identity Politics Critique

Trump’s Triumph

by Newt Gingrich • 2025

Why Trump won bigger than ever, and the policy blitz his allies have waiting.

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🎯 Campaign Strategy 🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🏛️ Government Reform 🛂 Immigration Policy 💼 Economic Nationalism

Trump’s Triumph 94%

Why Trump won bigger than ever, and the policy blitz his allies have waiting.

by Newt Gingrich 2025

4.15

162 ratings

🎯 Campaign Strategy 🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🏛️ Government Reform 🛂 Immigration Policy 💼 Economic Nationalism

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

by Thomas Frank • 2004

The poorest county in America votes Republican. Why a culture war delivers wealth to the top.

3.85

13k+

🗳️ Political Realignment 🐘 Conservative Movement 🏭 Class Politics 😤 Cultural Backlash 🤔 Voting Against Interest

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Summary

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America 94%

The poorest county in America votes Republican. Why a culture war delivers wealth to the top.

by Thomas Frank 2004

3.85

13k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Realignment 🐘 Conservative Movement 🏭 Class Politics 😤 Cultural Backlash 🤔 Voting Against Interest

Speechless

by Michael J. Knowles • 2021

Political correctness is not politeness. It's a Gramscian takeover of culture, one word at a time.

4.24

3k+

🥊 Culture Wars 🗣️ Language And Politics 🤐 Speech And Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📚 Cultural Marxism

Speechless 94%

Political correctness is not politeness. It's a Gramscian takeover of culture, one word at a time.

by Michael J. Knowles 2021

4.24

3k+ ratings

🥊 Culture Wars 🗣️ Language And Politics 🤐 Speech And Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📚 Cultural Marxism

The Storm Before the Calm

by George Friedman • 2020

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

4.05

3k+

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal 👥 Demographic Shifts 💾 Technology And Society

The Storm Before the Calm 94%

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

by George Friedman 2020

4.05

3k+ ratings

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal 👥 Demographic Shifts 💾 Technology And Society

The Jungle Grows Back

by Robert Kagan • 2018

The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.

4.09

1k+

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌐 Liberal Internationalism 🕊️ Pax Americana 🦅 Neoconservatism ⚔️ Great Power Competition

The Jungle Grows Back 94%

The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.

by Robert Kagan 2018

4.09

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌐 Liberal Internationalism 🕊️ Pax Americana 🦅 Neoconservatism ⚔️ Great Power Competition

The Age of Entitlement

by Christopher Caldwell • 2020

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

4.04

2k+

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

The Age of Entitlement 94%

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

by Christopher Caldwell 2020

4.04

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

The Case for Trump

by Victor Davis Hanson • 2019

Trump was the symptom of an establishment that had failed its own voters for decades.

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2k+

🔨 Populist Movements ⚡ Political Polarization 🏛️ Administrative State 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🏚️ Deindustrialization

The Case for Trump 93%

Trump was the symptom of an establishment that had failed its own voters for decades.

by Victor Davis Hanson 2019

4.21

2k+ ratings

🔨 Populist Movements ⚡ Political Polarization 🏛️ Administrative State 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🏚️ Deindustrialization

The Conservative Heart

by Arthur C. Brooks • 2015

Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.

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🏛️ American Conservatism 😊 Happiness Economics 🔨 Meaningful Work 🏚️ Poverty And Culture 🗣️ Political Persuasion

The Conservative Heart 93%

Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.

by Arthur C. Brooks 2015

4.11

1k+ ratings

🏛️ American Conservatism 😊 Happiness Economics 🔨 Meaningful Work 🏚️ Poverty And Culture 🗣️ Political Persuasion

A Simple Government

by Mike Huckabee • 2011

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

3.73

302

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

A Simple Government 93%

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

by Mike Huckabee 2011

3.73

302 ratings

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

The Right Side of History

by Ben Shapiro • 2019

Greek reason plus biblical purpose built the modern West. Both are now in retreat.

3.86

9k+

🏛️ Western Civilization ✝️ Judeo-Christian Values 📉 Western Decline 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🏰 Traditional Conservatism

The Right Side of History 93%

Greek reason plus biblical purpose built the modern West. Both are now in retreat.

by Ben Shapiro 2019

3.86

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization ✝️ Judeo-Christian Values 📉 Western Decline 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🏰 Traditional Conservatism

Realpolitik

by John Bew • 2015

Realpolitik was a liberal reformer's idea before Bismarck hijacked it. What was lost.

3.94

161

🏛️ Political Realism 📚 Intellectual History ♟️ Statecraft And Strategy 🌍 Geopolitical Thought 🇩🇪 German Political Thought

Realpolitik 93%

Realpolitik was a liberal reformer's idea before Bismarck hijacked it. What was lost.

by John Bew 2015

3.94

161 ratings

🏛️ Political Realism 📚 Intellectual History ♟️ Statecraft And Strategy 🌍 Geopolitical Thought 🇩🇪 German Political Thought

The Long Slide

by Tucker Carlson • 2021

A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.

4.13

2k+

📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Criticism 🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🎖️ War Correspondence

The Long Slide 93%

A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.

by Tucker Carlson 2021

4.13

2k+ ratings

📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Criticism 🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🎖️ War Correspondence

The Five Thousand Year Leap

by W. Cleon Skousen • 1981

The principles that compressed 5,000 years of political trial into a single working republic.

4.27

7k+

🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚖️ Natural Law 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🫡 Civic Virtue 📜 Originalism

The Five Thousand Year Leap 93%

The principles that compressed 5,000 years of political trial into a single working republic.

by W. Cleon Skousen 1981

4.27

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚖️ Natural Law 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🫡 Civic Virtue 📜 Originalism

Unhumans

by Jack Posobiec • 2024

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

3.99

1k+

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism 🚮 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Unhumans 93%

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

by Jack Posobiec 2024

3.99

1k+ ratings

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism 🚮 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Institutional Capture

The Project

by David A. Graham • 2025

A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.

4.02

2k+

🏛️ Presidential Power ✝️ Christian Nationalism 🐘 American Conservatism 📋 Administrative State 🗳️ State Capture

The Project 93%

A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.

by David A. Graham 2025

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Power ✝️ Christian Nationalism 🐘 American Conservatism 📋 Administrative State 🗳️ State Capture

10 Books That Screwed Up the World

by Benjamin Wiker • 2008

Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.

3.43

1k+

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⛪ Critique Of Secularism ⚠️ Dangerous Ideas 🔗 Totalitarianism Origins

10 Books That Screwed Up the World Summary

10 Books That Screwed Up the World 93%

Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.

by Benjamin Wiker 2008

3.43

1k+ ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⛪ Critique Of Secularism ⚠️ Dangerous Ideas 🔗 Totalitarianism Origins

The Lost History of Liberalism

by Helena Rosenblatt • 2018

Liberalism was born as duty and generosity. The individual-rights version is only seventy years old.

4.04

448

🏛️ Intellectual History 📜 Political Theory 🫂 Civic Virtue 🗽 Liberal Tradition 🏟️ Civic Republicanism

The Lost History of Liberalism 93%

Liberalism was born as duty and generosity. The individual-rights version is only seventy years old.

by Helena Rosenblatt 2018

4.04

448 ratings

🏛️ Intellectual History 📜 Political Theory 🫂 Civic Virtue 🗽 Liberal Tradition 🏟️ Civic Republicanism

How the South Won the Civil War

by Heather Cox Richardson • 2020

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

4.31

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🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

How the South Won the Civil War 93%

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

by Heather Cox Richardson 2020

4.31

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

Race Marxism

by James Lindsay • 2022

Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.

4.23

364

🏛️ Critical Theory 🗳️ Racial Politics ☭ Marxism 🪪 Identity Politics 🔍 Postmodernism

Race Marxism 93%

Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.

by James Lindsay 2022

4.23

364 ratings

🏛️ Critical Theory 🗳️ Racial Politics ☭ Marxism 🪪 Identity Politics 🔍 Postmodernism

Marxismo norteamericano

by Mark R. Levin • 2021

The radical ideology that captured American institutions, and a practical guide to reclaiming them.

4.16

4k+

🔥 Culture Wars 🚩 Modern Marxism 💼 Corporate Wokeness 📺 Media Manipulation 🗣️ Cancel Culture

Marxismo norteamericano 93%

The radical ideology that captured American institutions, and a practical guide to reclaiming them.

by Mark R. Levin 2021

4.16

4k+ ratings

🔥 Culture Wars 🚩 Modern Marxism 💼 Corporate Wokeness 📺 Media Manipulation 🗣️ Cancel Culture

The Godfather Doctrine

by Dr John C. Hulsman • 2009

America's unipolar era is over. A Godfather parable shows why realism outlasts its rivals.

3.85

🌍 Political Realism 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolar World ♟️ Grand Strategy 🎬 Pop Culture And Politics

The Godfather Doctrine 93%

America's unipolar era is over. A Godfather parable shows why realism outlasts its rivals.

by Dr John C. Hulsman 2009

3.85

80 ratings

🌍 Political Realism 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolar World ♟️ Grand Strategy 🎬 Pop Culture And Politics

Rebellion

by Robert Kagan • 2024

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

4.39

664

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Political History 🔗 White Supremacy ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚡ Political Polarization

Rebellion 93%

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

by Robert Kagan 2024

4.39

664 ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Political History 🔗 White Supremacy ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚡ Political Polarization

Notes on Resistance

by Noam Chomsky • 2022

Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.

4.30

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🌍 Us Foreign Policy 🏛️ American Politics ✊ Political Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📰 Media Criticism

Notes on Resistance 93%

Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.

by Noam Chomsky 2022

4.30

405 ratings

🌍 Us Foreign Policy 🏛️ American Politics ✊ Political Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📰 Media Criticism

Liberalism and Its Discontents

by Francis Fukuyama • 2022

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

3.90

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

Liberalism and Its Discontents 93%

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

by Francis Fukuyama 2022

3.90

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution

by Joseph Fishkin • 2022

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

4.10

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution 93%

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

by Joseph Fishkin 2022

4.10

40 ratings

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

Suicide of a Superpower

by Patrick J. Buchanan • 2011

America didn't fall; it jumped. The ideas shredding it are its own choices, not enemy blows.

4.05

844

📉 American Decline 🏛️ Paleoconservatism 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🌍 Imperial Overreach ⛪ Secularization Thesis

Suicide of a Superpower 93%

America didn't fall; it jumped. The ideas shredding it are its own choices, not enemy blows.

by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011

4.05

844 ratings

📉 American Decline 🏛️ Paleoconservatism 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🌍 Imperial Overreach ⛪ Secularization Thesis

Globalismo

by Agustín Laje • 2024

Social engineering survived the Terror and went global. Your sovereignty is its target.

4.46

145

🌐 Global Governance 🏛️ National Sovereignty 🛠️ Social Engineering 👑 Elite Theory 📜 Conservative Critique

Globalismo 93%

Social engineering survived the Terror and went global. Your sovereignty is its target.

by Agustín Laje 2024

4.46

145 ratings

🌐 Global Governance 🏛️ National Sovereignty 🛠️ Social Engineering 👑 Elite Theory 📜 Conservative Critique

How Woke Won

by Joanna Williams • 2022

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

4.09

175

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

How Woke Won 93%

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

by Joanna Williams 2022

4.09

175 ratings

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

Ideas Have Consequences

by Richard M. Weaver • 1948

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

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🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism 📜 Thomism 📰 Mass Media Criticism

Ideas Have Consequences 93%

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

by Richard M. Weaver 1948

4.13

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism 📜 Thomism 📰 Mass Media Criticism

The Closing of the American Mind

by Allan Bloom • 1988

A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.

3.76

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🏛️ Higher Education Critique 🌐 American Culture Wars 🤷 Moral Relativism 📚 Western Canon Debate 🏗️ Critique Of Modernity

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