50 Books like Propaganda and the Public Mind

Manufacturing Consent

by Mark Achbar • 1994

No conspiracy, no censorship: why the news in a free society still serves the powerful.

4.41

699

📖 Critical Media Studies 📊 Political Economy 🔍 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 📡 Political Communication

Manufacturing Consent 97%

No conspiracy, no censorship: why the news in a free society still serves the powerful.

by Mark Achbar 1994

4.41

699 ratings

📖 Critical Media Studies 📊 Political Economy 🔍 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 📡 Political Communication

Consequences of Capitalism

by Noam Chomsky • 2020

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

4.33

2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Consequences of Capitalism 96%

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

by Noam Chomsky 2020

4.33

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Notes on Resistance

by Noam Chomsky • 2022

Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.

4.30

405

🌍 Us Foreign Policy 🏛️ American Politics ✊ Political Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📰 Media Criticism

Notes on Resistance 96%

Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.

by Noam Chomsky 2022

4.30

405 ratings

🌍 Us Foreign Policy 🏛️ American Politics ✊ Political Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📰 Media Criticism

Manufacturing Consent

by Edward S. Herman • 1988

You are not the news audience. Advertisers are, and they are the real censors.

4.23

25k+

📰 Media Criticism 📊 Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Media 📢 Propaganda Studies 🔍 News Selection Bias

Manufacturing Consent 96%

You are not the news audience. Advertisers are, and they are the real censors.

by Edward S. Herman 1988

4.23

25k+ ratings

📰 Media Criticism 📊 Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Media 📢 Propaganda Studies 🔍 News Selection Bias

United States of Distraction

by Mickey Huff • 2019

Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.

3.74

114

🗞️ Media Criticism 📰 News Literacy 📡 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 🤥 Disinformation Age

United States of Distraction 96%

Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.

by Mickey Huff 2019

3.74

114 ratings

🗞️ Media Criticism 📰 News Literacy 📡 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 🤥 Disinformation Age

Who Rules the World?

by Noam Chomsky • 2014

A superpower that tortures, invades, and sabotages democracy while the world calls it humanitarian.

4.05

13k+

🏛️ American Empire 🕊️ Israel-Palestine 📢 Propaganda Analysis 🔫 State Violence ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Who Rules the World? 96%

A superpower that tortures, invades, and sabotages democracy while the world calls it humanitarian.

by Noam Chomsky 2014

4.05

13k+ ratings

🏛️ American Empire 🕊️ Israel-Palestine 📢 Propaganda Analysis 🔫 State Violence ☢️ Nuclear Threat

How Propaganda Works

by Jason F. Stanley • 2015

How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.

3.59

859

🔍 Propaganda Studies 🗳️ Political Language 💬 Philosophy Of Language ⚖️ Epistemic Injustice 🧠 Ideology Critique

How Propaganda Works 96%

How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.

by Jason F. Stanley 2015

3.59

859 ratings

🔍 Propaganda Studies 🗳️ Political Language 💬 Philosophy Of Language ⚖️ Epistemic Injustice 🧠 Ideology Critique

National Security Cinema

by Matthew Alford • 2017

The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.

3.81

113

📢 Propaganda Studies 🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex 📺 Media Manipulation 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏢 Media Consolidation

National Security Cinema 95%

The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.

by Matthew Alford 2017

3.81

113 ratings

📢 Propaganda Studies 🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex 📺 Media Manipulation 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏢 Media Consolidation

Anatomy of Fake News

by Nolan Higdon • 2020

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

4.00

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 💰 Attention Economy

Anatomy of Fake News 95%

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

by Nolan Higdon 2020

4.00

35 ratings

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 💰 Attention Economy

The Silenced Majority

by Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

4.06

251

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Silenced Majority 95%

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

by Amy Goodman 2012

4.06

251 ratings

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

Against the Web

by Michael Brooks • 2020

Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.

4.10

2k+

🐘 Right-Wing Ideology 💻 Internet Intellectuals 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Socialist Critique 🏭 Economic Democracy

Against the Web 95%

Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.

by Michael Brooks 2020

4.10

2k+ ratings

🐘 Right-Wing Ideology 💻 Internet Intellectuals 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Socialist Critique 🏭 Economic Democracy

The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born

by Nancy Fraser • 2019

Progressive movements allied with finance, left working people behind, and the crisis isn't over.

3.93

1k+

🏛️ Gramscian Analysis 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🇺🇸 American Politics 🎭 Identity Politics ✊ Socialist Feminism

The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born Summary

The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born 95%

Progressive movements allied with finance, left working people behind, and the crisis isn't over.

by Nancy Fraser 2019

3.93

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Gramscian Analysis 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🇺🇸 American Politics 🎭 Identity Politics ✊ Socialist Feminism

Static

by Amy Goodman • 2006

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

4.05

384

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Static 94%

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

by Amy Goodman 2006

4.05

384 ratings

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

No Is Not Enough

by Naomi Klein • 2017

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

4.10

11k+

🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

No Is Not Enough 94%

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

by Naomi Klein 2017

4.10

11k+ ratings

🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

Propaganda Blitz

by David Edwards • 2018

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

4.28

184

🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power 🎭 Manufacturing Consent 📡 Media Ownership

Propaganda Blitz 94%

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

by David Edwards 2018

4.28

184 ratings

🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power 🎭 Manufacturing Consent 📡 Media Ownership

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution

by Joseph Fishkin • 2022

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

4.10

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution 94%

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

by Joseph Fishkin 2022

4.10

40 ratings

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

Invisible Doctrine

by George Monbiot • 2024

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

4.37

4k+

🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Invisible Doctrine 94%

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

by George Monbiot 2024

4.37

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Science of Coercion

by Christopher Simpson • 1994

Communication studies was secretly built by the Pentagon as a weapon, not a discipline.

4.11

📜 Cold War History 📢 Propaganda Studies 🕵️ Covert Operations 🎓 Military-Academic Complex ⚖️ Research Ethics

Science of Coercion 94%

Communication studies was secretly built by the Pentagon as a weapon, not a discipline.

by Christopher Simpson 1994

4.11

89 ratings

📜 Cold War History 📢 Propaganda Studies 🕵️ Covert Operations 🎓 Military-Academic Complex ⚖️ Research Ethics

Wars and Capital (Semiotext

by Éric Alliez • 2016

Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.

3.93

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📊 Political Economy ⚔️ War And Capitalism 🧬 Biopolitics 🔗 Post-Marxism

Wars and Capital (Semiotext 94%

Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.

by Éric Alliez 2016

3.93

29 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📊 Political Economy ⚔️ War And Capitalism 🧬 Biopolitics 🔗 Post-Marxism

How to Lose a Country

by Ece Temelkuran • 2019

A democracy collapses step by step, and the playbook looks the same from Turkey to the West.

4.04

2k+

🗳️ Democratic Backsliding 🎙️ Populist Movements 📰 Post-Truth Politics 👩 Misogyny And Politics 🤝 Resistance Movements

How to Lose a Country 94%

A democracy collapses step by step, and the playbook looks the same from Turkey to the West.

by Ece Temelkuran 2019

4.04

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Democratic Backsliding 🎙️ Populist Movements 📰 Post-Truth Politics 👩 Misogyny And Politics 🤝 Resistance Movements

The Shock Doctrine

by Naomi Klein • 2007

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

4.30

55k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Shock Doctrine 94%

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2007

4.30

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Story Paradox

by Jonathan Gottschall • 2021

Story logic that built nations now tears them apart. The psychology is identical.

3.70

446

🧠 Social Psychology 📖 Narrative Persuasion 💥 Group Conflict 📉 Post-Truth Politics 🏛️ Collective Memory

The Story Paradox 94%

Story logic that built nations now tears them apart. The psychology is identical.

by Jonathan Gottschall 2021

3.70

446 ratings

🧠 Social Psychology 📖 Narrative Persuasion 💥 Group Conflict 📉 Post-Truth Politics 🏛️ Collective Memory

Silent Coup

by Claire Provost • 2023

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

4.31

277

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Silent Coup 94%

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

by Claire Provost 2023

4.31

277 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

In the Long Run

by Jonathan White • 2024

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

3.78

🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

In the Long Run 94%

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

by Jonathan White 2024

3.78

85 ratings

🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

Attack from Within

by Barbara McQuade • 2024

The one freedom America cannot defend itself against is the one it cherishes most: free speech.

4.13

2k+

📡 Disinformation Warfare 📰 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Authoritarian Tactics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Polarization

Attack from Within 94%

The one freedom America cannot defend itself against is the one it cherishes most: free speech.

by Barbara McQuade 2024

4.13

2k+ ratings

📡 Disinformation Warfare 📰 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Authoritarian Tactics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Polarization

Propaganda

by Jacques Ellul • 1962

Propaganda is not a tool but a total environment, and its aim is action, not belief.

4.28

1k+

📺 Media Theory 🏙️ Mass Society 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🗳️ Public Opinion 🎭 Social Control

Propaganda 94%

Propaganda is not a tool but a total environment, and its aim is action, not belief.

by Jacques Ellul 1962

4.28

1k+ ratings

📺 Media Theory 🏙️ Mass Society 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🗳️ Public Opinion 🎭 Social Control

The Least of All Possible Evils

by Eyal Weizman • 2012

When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.

4.19

224

🩸 Aid And Complicity 🤷 Lesser Evil Logic 📊 Proportionality In War 🗺️ Spatial Politics 🌍 Critical Geography

The Least of All Possible Evils 94%

When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.

by Eyal Weizman 2012

4.19

224 ratings

🩸 Aid And Complicity 🤷 Lesser Evil Logic 📊 Proportionality In War 🗺️ Spatial Politics 🌍 Critical Geography

Requiem for the American Dream

by Noam Chomsky • 2017

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

4.21

4k+

⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Requiem for the American Dream 94%

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

by Noam Chomsky 2017

4.21

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

The Rape of the Mind

by Joost A.M. Meerloo • 1956

Brainwashing follows a precise script, and its gentler forms shape your thoughts every day.

4.18

1k+

🧠 Thought Control 🗳️ Political Psychology 📢 Propaganda Studies ⛓️ Authoritarianism 🏴 Totalitarianism

The Rape of the Mind 94%

Brainwashing follows a precise script, and its gentler forms shape your thoughts every day.

by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956

4.18

1k+ ratings

🧠 Thought Control 🗳️ Political Psychology 📢 Propaganda Studies ⛓️ Authoritarianism 🏴 Totalitarianism

Disaster Nationalism

by Richard Seymour • 2024

The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.

4.06

597

🏴 Far-Right Politics 💻 Digital Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 💼 Neoliberal Critique 🔗 Online Radicalization

Disaster Nationalism 94%

The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.

by Richard Seymour 2024

4.06

597 ratings

🏴 Far-Right Politics 💻 Digital Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 💼 Neoliberal Critique 🔗 Online Radicalization

Doppelganger

by Naomi Klein • 2023

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

4.19

37k+

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Doppelganger 94%

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

by Naomi Klein 2023

4.19

37k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Hegemony How-To

by Jonathan Smucker • 2017

Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.

4.24

442

🧭 Movement Strategy 🗳️ Community Organizing 🧠 Gramscian Politics 📢 Narrative Strategy ⚡ Left Self-Critique

Hegemony How-To 94%

Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.

by Jonathan Smucker 2017

4.24

442 ratings

🧭 Movement Strategy 🗳️ Community Organizing 🧠 Gramscian Politics 📢 Narrative Strategy ⚡ Left Self-Critique

Gaslighting America

by Amanda Carpenter • 2018

Why millions cheer when Trump lies: a repeatable playbook that weaponizes psychology and media.

3.89

425

🎭 Political Manipulation 📺 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Disinformation Tactics 📖 Authoritarian Playbook 📰 Post-Truth Politics

Gaslighting America 94%

Why millions cheer when Trump lies: a repeatable playbook that weaponizes psychology and media.

by Amanda Carpenter 2018

3.89

425 ratings

🎭 Political Manipulation 📺 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Disinformation Tactics 📖 Authoritarian Playbook 📰 Post-Truth Politics

Copaganda

by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

4.49

582

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

Copaganda 94%

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

by Alec Karakatsanis 2025

4.49

582 ratings

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

Unhumans

by Jack Posobiec • 2024

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

3.99

1k+

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism 🚮 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Unhumans 94%

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

by Jack Posobiec 2024

3.99

1k+ ratings

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism 🚮 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Amusing Ourselves to Death

by Neil Postman • 1985

The real danger isn't censorship. It's a culture so entertained it forgets how to think.

4.17

39k+

🏞️ Media Ecology 📰 Media Criticism 🗳️ Political Communication 📡 Medium Theory 👁️ Attention Economy

Amusing Ourselves to Death 94%

The real danger isn't censorship. It's a culture so entertained it forgets how to think.

by Neil Postman 1985

4.17

39k+ ratings

🏞️ Media Ecology 📰 Media Criticism 🗳️ Political Communication 📡 Medium Theory 👁️ Attention Economy

Network Propaganda

by Yochai Benkler • 2018

The internet did not polarize America; a lopsided propaganda machine built over decades did.

4.14

387

🗺️ Media Ecosystems 📣 Propaganda Studies 🔁 Echo Chambers 📰 Political Communication 🦠 Disinformation Studies

Network Propaganda 94%

The internet did not polarize America; a lopsided propaganda machine built over decades did.

by Yochai Benkler 2018

4.14

387 ratings

🗺️ Media Ecosystems 📣 Propaganda Studies 🔁 Echo Chambers 📰 Political Communication 🦠 Disinformation Studies

Occupy

by Noam Chomsky • 2012

Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.

3.59

2k+

🪙 Income Inequality 🗳️ Money In Politics 🏗️ Movement Building 🏢 Corporate Power 🏭 Economic Democracy

Occupy 94%

Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.

by Noam Chomsky 2012

3.59

2k+ ratings

🪙 Income Inequality 🗳️ Money In Politics 🏗️ Movement Building 🏢 Corporate Power 🏭 Economic Democracy

America's Cultural Revolution

by Christopher F. Rufo • 2023

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

4.21

1k+

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

America's Cultural Revolution 94%

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

by Christopher F. Rufo 2023

4.21

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

Republic, Lost

by Lawrence Lessig • 2011

America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.

4.18

3k+

💰 Money In Politics 🗳️ Election Reform 🔗 Systemic Corruption 🏛️ Democratic Reform 🏢 Dysfunctional Congress

Republic, Lost 94%

America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.

by Lawrence Lessig 2011

4.18

3k+ ratings

💰 Money In Politics 🗳️ Election Reform 🔗 Systemic Corruption 🏛️ Democratic Reform 🏢 Dysfunctional Congress

Age of Propaganda

by Anthony R. Pratkanis • 1991

Your mind's security holes: the persuasion playbook, and how to patch them.

4.02

894

📢 Propaganda Analysis 🧠 Persuasion Psychology 📺 Media Literacy ⚖️ Cognitive Biases 🎭 Emotional Manipulation

Age of Propaganda 94%

Your mind's security holes: the persuasion playbook, and how to patch them.

by Anthony R. Pratkanis 1991

4.02

894 ratings

📢 Propaganda Analysis 🧠 Persuasion Psychology 📺 Media Literacy ⚖️ Cognitive Biases 🎭 Emotional Manipulation

In Mistrust We Trust

by Ivan Krastev • 2013

More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.

3.96

🏛️ Post-Democracy 🎓 Meritocracy Critique 📱 Digital Activism 🗳️ Political Distrust 🔍 Transparency Critique

In Mistrust We Trust 94%

More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.

by Ivan Krastev 2013

3.96

73 ratings

🏛️ Post-Democracy 🎓 Meritocracy Critique 📱 Digital Activism 🗳️ Political Distrust 🔍 Transparency Critique

Hate Inc.

by Matt Taibbi • 2019

The news isn't failing to inform you. It's succeeding at its real job: selling your outrage.

4.09

6k+

📰 Media Criticism 😡 Outrage Economy 🎭 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Partisan Division 📱 News Addiction

Hate Inc. 93%

The news isn't failing to inform you. It's succeeding at its real job: selling your outrage.

by Matt Taibbi 2019

4.09

6k+ ratings

📰 Media Criticism 😡 Outrage Economy 🎭 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Partisan Division 📱 News Addiction

A Short History of the World in 50 Lies

by Natasha Tidd • 2023

A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.

3.60

2k+

🗺️ World History 🏛️ Political History 📢 Propaganda 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Historical Falsehoods

A Short History of the World in 50 Lies Summary

A Short History of the World in 50 Lies 93%

A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.

by Natasha Tidd 2023

3.60

2k+ ratings

🗺️ World History 🏛️ Political History 📢 Propaganda 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Historical Falsehoods

The Democracy Project

by David Graeber • 2013

Democracy only ever comes from below. Occupy Wall Street reminded America what that looks like.

4.08

2k+

💸 Financialization 🇺🇸 American Left 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🧾 Debt Resistance 🏛️ Class Analysis

The Democracy Project 93%

Democracy only ever comes from below. Occupy Wall Street reminded America what that looks like.

by David Graeber 2013

4.08

2k+ ratings

💸 Financialization 🇺🇸 American Left 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🧾 Debt Resistance 🏛️ Class Analysis

Two Cheers for Anarchism

by James C. Scott • 2012

The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.

3.96

2k+

🏴 Anarchist Thought 🏛️ State Critique 📜 Local Knowledge ✊ Political Resistance 📊 Quantification Critique

Two Cheers for Anarchism 93%

The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.

by James C. Scott 2012

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist Thought 🏛️ State Critique 📜 Local Knowledge ✊ Political Resistance 📊 Quantification Critique

Shitbürgertum

by Ulf Poschardt • 2025

Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.

3.21

301

🇩🇪 German Politics 🏛️ Elite Critique 🎭 Cultural Hegemony 🗣️ Language And Power 🏗️ State Worship

Shitbürgertum 93%

Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.

by Ulf Poschardt 2025

3.21

301 ratings

🇩🇪 German Politics 🏛️ Elite Critique 🎭 Cultural Hegemony 🗣️ Language And Power 🏗️ State Worship

Outclassed

by Joan C. Williams • 2025

The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.

4.20

248

👷 Class Politics 🇺🇸 American Populism 📢 Political Messaging 🎓 Educational Sorting 🎭 Cultural Capital

Outclassed 93%

The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.

by Joan C. Williams 2025

4.20

248 ratings

👷 Class Politics 🇺🇸 American Populism 📢 Political Messaging 🎓 Educational Sorting 🎭 Cultural Capital

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by Ed Coper • 2022

The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.

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Facts and Other Lies 93%

The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.

by Ed Coper 2022

4.16

242 ratings

🗳️ Political Disinformation 📡 Media Ecosystems 💻 Digital Politics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📖 Media Literacy

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

by Christopher Lasch • 1995

Democracy is threatened not by the masses but by an elite that has abandoned the public square.

3.95

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🇺🇸 American Democracy 🏛️ Class Divide 🎓 Meritocracy Critique 🗣️ Public Discourse 🛋️ Therapeutic Culture

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy 93%

Democracy is threatened not by the masses but by an elite that has abandoned the public square.

by Christopher Lasch 1995

3.95

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Democracy 🏛️ Class Divide 🎓 Meritocracy Critique 🗣️ Public Discourse 🛋️ Therapeutic Culture

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