Hey, Tim. I just read your book and really liked it. My favorite part was the albino, Inuit, pickleball prodigy. That was a literal LOL.
As we all know, it is unfair to criticize an author for not writing a different book from the one he wrote, so here I go. At the end of the book I was still wondering — not why you and your buddies did i…
Hey, Tim. I just read your book and really liked it. My favorite part was the albino, Inuit, pickleball prodigy. That was a literal LOL.
As we all know, it is unfair to criticize an author for not writing a different book from the one he wrote, so here I go. At the end of the book I was still wondering — not why you and your buddies did it, but instead, why was the Republican base so ready to fall in love with a man who clearly thinks they’re a bunch of rubes and who fleeces them at every opportunity? Sure, there’s a sucker born every minute and all that, but something changed since I was growing up, so I don’t ascribe the whole thing to human nature, whatever that is. Specifically, I found myself wishing that you would address the political policies and rhetoric, especially Republican policies and rhetoric, that pushed so many people in the direction of Trump readiness.
Personally, I believe the responsibility goes back to Ronald Reagan and the way he began the process of delegitimizing government, breaking the labor unions, and letting large corporations set the agenda for fiscal policy and large-scale consolidation. The failure of government to support programs that would help working people, and the misguided economic policies that have enabled an upward redistribution of income, I believe, has created the conditions Trump needed to sow the lies and discord that fall from his lips like toxic spittle. At some point, I’d like to hear your thoughts on that, perhaps in Why We Did It: The Policy Prequel.
Anyway, great book, the one you actually did write. Thanks for writing it. And thanks for reading the comments.
Hey, Tim. I just read your book and really liked it. My favorite part was the albino, Inuit, pickleball prodigy. That was a literal LOL.
As we all know, it is unfair to criticize an author for not writing a different book from the one he wrote, so here I go. At the end of the book I was still wondering — not why you and your buddies did it, but instead, why was the Republican base so ready to fall in love with a man who clearly thinks they’re a bunch of rubes and who fleeces them at every opportunity? Sure, there’s a sucker born every minute and all that, but something changed since I was growing up, so I don’t ascribe the whole thing to human nature, whatever that is. Specifically, I found myself wishing that you would address the political policies and rhetoric, especially Republican policies and rhetoric, that pushed so many people in the direction of Trump readiness.
Personally, I believe the responsibility goes back to Ronald Reagan and the way he began the process of delegitimizing government, breaking the labor unions, and letting large corporations set the agenda for fiscal policy and large-scale consolidation. The failure of government to support programs that would help working people, and the misguided economic policies that have enabled an upward redistribution of income, I believe, has created the conditions Trump needed to sow the lies and discord that fall from his lips like toxic spittle. At some point, I’d like to hear your thoughts on that, perhaps in Why We Did It: The Policy Prequel.
Anyway, great book, the one you actually did write. Thanks for writing it. And thanks for reading the comments.