Why do we keep letting them get away with it?
ATTENTION DEFICIT DEMOCRACY
by James Bovard
Palgrave MacMillan, 2006, hardcover
In his newest book—our March 2006 Spooner Award winner—James Bovard
investigates a concept that most Americans consider sacred: democracy.
Attention
Deficit Democracy shows how politicians lie, fearmonger, and dupe, and—more
important—how the American people and the media continue to let them get
away
with it. Though he pays special attention to George W. Bush and the war in
Iraq,
Bovard reveals a rich history of deceptive presidents, from James Polk to
Bill Clinton.
Bovard addresses all of the big issues: war, torture, foreign policy,
political deception, the ignorance of voters, and more. He examines dozens
of
incidents from the past fifty years, quoting bald-faced lies and
contradictory
statements. As Bovard reveals one ridiculous lie after another, you won't
know
whether to laugh or cry.
As Leviathan gets larger, it becomes harder for citizens to comprehend,
making it nearly impossible to rein it in. "Either we reduce the government
to a
size people can better understand, or we should abandon all pretensions of
self-government," Bovard writes. "Voting has been called the 'opiate of the
masses.' "
Americans and the media have accepted deception as commonplace in politics,
and yet we continue to give them the benefit of the doubt, even when their
lies lead to the deaths of thousands. As Bovard says, "Trusting a dishonest
government means giving the benefit of the doubt to someone who wants to
shackle
you."
Attention Deficit Democracy is a wake-up call to the American people. It's
time to open our eyes to the truth—and to do something about it.
PT9031 (hardcover) 291 pages
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