{"product_id":"america-the-farewell-tour-by-chris-hedges-9781501152689","title":"America: The Farewell Tour","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Hedges’s profound and unsettling examination of America in crisis is “an exceedingly…provocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be heard” (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e), about how bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in a culture of sadism and hate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerica\u003c\/em\u003e, says Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges, is convulsed by an array of pathologies that have arisen out of profound hopelessness, a bitter despair, and a civil society that has ceased to function. The opioid crisis; the retreat into gambling to cope with economic distress; the pornification of culture; the rise of magical thinking; the celebration of sadism, hate, and plagues of suicides are the physical manifestations of a society that is being ravaged by corporate pillage and a failed democracy. As our society unravels, we also face global upheaval caused by catastrophic climate change. All these ills presage a frightening reconfiguration of the nation and the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Trump rode this disenchantment to power. In his “forceful and direct” (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cem\u003eAmerica: The Farewell Tour\u003c\/em\u003e, Hedges argues that neither political party, now captured by corporate power, addresses the systemic problem. Until our corporate \u003cem\u003ecoup d’état\u003c\/em\u003e is reversed these diseases will grow and ravage the country. “With sharply observed detail, Hedges writes a requiem for the American dream” (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e) and seeks to jolt us out of our complacency while there is still time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47485792813292,"sku":"9781501152689","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781501152689-america-the-farewell-tour.jpg?v=1775715597","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/america-the-farewell-tour-by-chris-hedges-9781501152689","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}