Sign in with Facebook
to-read
(7)
currently-reading (8)
read (76)
false-idols (4)
class-struggle (3)
colonialism (3)
democracy (3)
plutocracy (3)
authoritarianism (2)
currently-reading (8)
read (76)
false-idols (4)
class-struggle (3)
colonialism (3)
democracy (3)
plutocracy (3)
authoritarianism (2)
conformity
(2)
exploitation (2)
patriarchy (2)
alcoholism (1)
censorship (1)
child-abuse (1)
entertainment-history (1)
false-prophets (1)
familial-patriarchy (1)
exploitation (2)
patriarchy (2)
alcoholism (1)
censorship (1)
child-abuse (1)
entertainment-history (1)
false-prophets (1)
familial-patriarchy (1)
Derek said:
"
So un-insightful and poorly written I could put it down. The book appears to be a successful effort to capitalize on the term “geopolitics.” The author and publishers cranked out a shallow, quick, easy, and cheap book to primarily make a buck.
"
“Neoliberal democracy. Instead of citizens, it produces consumers. Instead of communities, it produces shopping malls. The net result is an atomized society of disengaged individuals who feel demoralized and socially powerless.
In sum, neoliberalism is the immediate and foremost enemy of genuine participatory democracy, not just in the United States but across the planet, and will be for the foreseeable future.”
―
In sum, neoliberalism is the immediate and foremost enemy of genuine participatory democracy, not just in the United States but across the planet, and will be for the foreseeable future.”
―
“Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?”
―
―
“It is important to bear in mind that political campaigns are designed by the same people who sell toothpaste and cars.”
―
―
“How it is we have so much information, but know so little?”
―
―
“How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that interests me. I mean, there are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, 'That person I see is a savage monster'; instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do. If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees. But then you take a look at what the corporation does, the effect of its legal structure, the vast inequalities in pay and conditions, and you see the reality is something far different.”
―
―
Derek’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Derek’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,732 books
|
99 friends
560 books
|
204 friends
1,134 books
|
16 friends
1,156 books
|
150 friends
18 books
|
292 friends
28 books
|
32 friends
2 books
|
19 friends
1 book
|
75 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Derek
Lists liked by Derek
