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Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by Joe Bageant


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Bageant writes with compassion and searing insight into working class life in America. He mixes storytelling with his own analysis of the free fall of "the great beery, NASCAR-loving, church-going, gun-owning America that has never set foot in a Starbucks." He also casts a bright light on what he calls "the American hologram" -- the mix of "televised, corporatized virtual reality that distracts us from the insidious realities of American life." The stupor of entertainment and media spectacle has successfully turn the attention of ordinary Americans from matters of the health and well-being of our democracy.

For those seeking to gain a better understanding of the turn our political discussion has taken toward the vitriolic and violent, Bageant's book offers insights to better understand the deep divides that separate us.

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