
Insane Clown President
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Matt Taibbi
Dispatches from the 2016 election that provide an eerily prescient take on our democracy's uncertain future, by the country's most perceptive and fearless political journalist.
The 2016 presidential contest as told by Matt Taibbi, from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion, is in fact the story of Western civilization's very own train wreck. Years before the clown car of candidates was fully loaded, Taibbi grasped the essential themes of the story: the power of spectacle over substance or even truth; the absence of a shared reality; the nihilistic rebellion of the white working class; the death of the political establishment; and the emergence of a new explicit form of white nationalism that would destroy what was left of the Kingian dream of a successful pluralistic society.
Taibbi captures, with dead-on, real-time analysis, the failures of the right and the left, from the thwarted Bernie Sanders insurgency to the flawed and aimless Hillary Clinton campaign; the rise of the "dangerously bright" alt-right with its wall-loving identity politics and its rapturous view of the racial "holy war" to come; and the giant fail of a flailing, reactive political media that fed a ravenous news cycle not with reporting on political ideology but with undigested propaganda served straight from the campaign bubble. At the center of it all stands Donald J. Trump, leading a historic revolt against his own party, "bloviating and farting his way" through the campaign, "saying outrageous things, acting like Hitler one minute and Andrew Dice Clay the next." For Taibbi, the stunning rise of Trump marks the apotheosis of the new postfactual movement.
Taibbi frames the reporting with original essays that explore the seismic shift in how we perceive our national institutions, the democratic process, and the future of the country. Insane Clown President is not just a postmortem on the collapse and failure of American democracy. It offers the riveting, surreal, unique, and essential experience of seeing the future in hindsight.
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Would you listen to Insane Clown President again? Why?
No, once was enough.What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
The most compelling aspect of this book is seeing the 2016 campaign through the eyes of one of our best current events writers. You once again feel like there is no way that Trump could win even though you already know he does.Any additional comments?
I relived what was in my opinion a disaster of an election. Matt Taibbi is very insightful and this book gave me a whole new view on what was happening and it illuminated many reasons why we all should have seen this coming. It felt like a slow motion car wreck and I couldn't stop listening.Funny & Upsetting 2016 Campaign in Slow Motion
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Great Behind The Scenes Look !
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Now I understand bettet...
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Read "Shattered" first, using this one as a complementary story of how he won after understanding better how she lost. Taibbi's epilogue does go into her loss, as part of an indictment of the Democrats in general, but this book is all about failing to "stop the 'unstoppable'." In a sentence: many voters wanted change, not more of the same establishment insiders (including Cruz) in both the primaries and general election. The book is structured as dispatches from the campaign front along the way, rather than reflective chapters.
Taibbi has no respect for Trump, or any of the Republicans, ever. Biased - check! The thing is that his "hitjob" is backed up in pointing out politicians' hypocrisy. Moreover, his prime target is not the Republicans (or even the Democratic establishment), but the media . . . or what passes for such these days. So, in that respect I recommend the book to all, except partisan Republicans. However, if you think every so often "Man, this guy can be really obnoxious!", it's not you!
Good "sequel" to SHATTERED
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So Mr. Taibbi does it again--makes me laugh out loud while giving important insights and filling me in on some key things I forgot or missed.
I could not turn it off--almost finished it in one day. Definitely worth a listen to get over the shock of what happened and the orange mayhem occurring daily. Enjoy!
Matt is the Writer for My Generation
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We missed the obvious
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cool-aid mustache removal for whichever partisan.
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I haven't read Rolling Stone in decades but hearing this book felt like reading Hunter S. Thompson writing about the 72 election. I don't know if that was intentional or not but a it was a refreshing trip back in time.
I am a proud member of the "tribe" that is the villain of this piece. When I watched wrestling as a small child I always rooted for the villains. They seemed to be having more fun.
In my opinion, a good writer makes the reader eager to turn the next page. Matt Taiibi is a good writer.
The writer caught the essence of political campaigning that I hadn't realized before. I now wonder why anyone would subject themselves to this process.
Excellent inside story of a historic presidential campaign
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