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The Chapo Guide to Revolution

A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
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The Chapo Guide to Revolution by the creators of the cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House is a manifesto for those alienated by modern America's political landscape. With a style described as a "weirder, smarter, and deliciously meaner version of The Daily Show’s 2004 America (The Book)", it offers an ironic ideology for anyone disillusioned by traditional left and right politics. Readers are taken through a ‘secret’ history of the world, politics, and media, exposing truths that ‘THEY’ don’t want revealed, and presented with a satirical vision for a utopian future where engaging in posting, gaming, and podcasting doesn’t force ideological labels. It includes illustrated analyses of liberal and conservative figures, biographies, and humorous elements like the new laws of Chapo Year Zero.
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This book is ideal for politically and culturally disenfranchised readers who relish sharp, satirical, and irreverent commentary. Fans of political podcasts, especially Chapo Trap House, and those interested in alternative political perspectives and social critique will find this particularly compelling. It suits readers who enjoy humour mixed with serious political insight and are comfortable with language and content that challenge mainstream narratives.

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Instant New York Times bestseller

“Howard Zinn on acid or some bullsh*t like that.” —Tim Heidecker

The creators of the cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House deliver a manifesto for everyone who feels orphaned and alienated—politically, culturally, and economically—by modern America with the lanyard-wearing Wall Street centrism of the left and the lizard-brained atavism of the right: there is a better way, the Chapo Way.

In a guide that reads like “a weirder, smarter, and deliciously meaner version of The Daily Show’s 2004 America (The Book)” (Paste), Chapo Trap House shows you that you don’t have to side with either sinking ship. These self-described “assholes from the internet” offer a fully ironic ideology for all who feel politically hopeless and prefer broadsides and tirades to reasoned debate.

Learn the “secret” history of the world, politics, media, and everything in-between that THEY don’t want you to know and chart a course from our wretched present to a utopian future where one can post in the morning, game in the afternoon, and podcast after dinner without ever becoming a poster, gamer, or podcaster.

A book that’s “as intellectually serious and analytically original as it is irreverent and funny” (Glenn Greenwald, New York Times bestselling author of No Place to Hide), The Chapo Guide to Revolution features illustrated taxonomies of contemporary liberal and conservative characters, biographies of important thought leaders, “never before seen” drafts of Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom manga, and the ten new laws that govern Chapo Year Zero (everyone gets a dog, billionaires are turned into Soylent, and logic is outlawed).

If you’re a fan of sacred cows, prisoners being taken, and holds being barred, then this book is NOT for you. However, if you feel disenfranchised from the political and cultural nightmare we’re in, then Chapo, let’s go…

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Paired with rave remarks, this book is praised for its sharp political satire and clever commentary. Patton Oswalt said it exploded his worldview like few works have since 1992. Tim Heidecker calls it "Howard Zinn on acid or some bullsh*t like that," highlighting its unique style. Glenn Greenwald commends it as both intellectually serious and hilariously irreverent, underpinning the book's thoughtful political analysis beneath its raucous humour. The work is lauded as an advancement in political and social satire, blending sharp, inventive comedy with incisive critique.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781501187292

Publisher: Atria Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 October 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Atria Books

Illustration: 25-40 b-w line drawings

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 259g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Chapo Trap House is a collective of writers, artists, and satirists that began as a political comedy podcast in March 2016. Their biweekly show has been covered everywhere from The New Yorker and The Guardian to VICE and Paste magazine, which calls its creators “the vulgar, brilliant demigods of the new progressive left.” Chapo is a mix of absurdist comedy and freewheeling commentary, skewering political and media figures and reviewing bad movies and books. Originally a trio of internet pals, Will Menaker, Felix Biederman, and Matt Christman, the show has expanded its roster to writers Brendan James, Amber A’Lee Frost, and Virgil Texas. They live in Brooklyn, New York.

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