Nation of Victims
Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
The New York Times bestselling author of Woke Inc. and a 2024 presidential candidate makes the case that the essence of true American identity is to pursue excellence unapologetically and reject victimhood culture.
Hardship is now equated with victimhood. Outward displays of vulnerability in defeat are celebrated over winning unabashedly. The pursuit of excellence and exceptionalism are at the heart of American identity, and the disappearance of these ideals in our country leaves a deep moral and cultural vacuum in its wake. But the solution isn’t to simply complain about it. It’s to revive a new cultural movement in America that puts excellence first again.
Leaders have called Ramaswamy “the most compelling conservative voice in the country” and “one of the towering intellects in America,” and this book reveals why: he spares neither left nor right in this scathing indictment of the victimhood culture at the heart of America’s national decline. In this national bestseller, Ramaswamy explains that we’re a nation of victims now. It’s one of the few things we still have left in common—across black victims, white victims, liberal victims, and conservative victims. Victims of each other, and ultimately, of ourselves.
This fearless, provocative book is for readers who dare to look in the mirror and question their most sacred assumptions about who we are and how we got here. Intricately tracing history from the fall of Rome to the rise of America, weaving Western philosophy with Eastern theology in ways that moved Jefferson and Adams centuries ago, this book describes the rise and the fall of the American experiment itself—and hopefully its reincarnation.
Customer Reviews
Politically Neutral Book With Potential!
A very thought provoking book. As a democrat I think Mr. Ramaswamy highlights a lot of issues inherit across the political spectrum. It’s a shame then that most left-leaning people will never pick up his book! He doesn’t shy away from the issues in his own party and actually works hard to build something quite different then the standard conservative views we see today. Though the title seems inflammatory at first it quickly gives away to an honest open discussion about unity and how we can go about reaching across party lines to repair our countries culture and see each other as people.
Why does Apple stick this nonsense?
More right-wing garbage.