50 Books like Uncivil Agreement

Prius Or Pickup?

by Marc Hetherington • 2018

Your parenting choices predict your politics. The hidden worldview driving American polarization.

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523

🇺🇸 American Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 🧠 Political Psychology 🏴 Political Tribalism ⚠️ Authoritarianism

Prius Or Pickup? 97%

Your parenting choices predict your politics. The hidden worldview driving American polarization.

by Marc Hetherington 2018

3.85

523 ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 🧠 Political Psychology 🏴 Political Tribalism ⚠️ Authoritarianism

Why We're Polarized

by Ezra Klein • 2020

American politics isn't about policy. It's about identity, and the system can't handle it.

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🧭 Political Polarization 🧠 Political Psychology 📺 Media Fragmentation 🆔 Identity Politics 🗂 Political Sorting

Why We're Polarized 96%

American politics isn't about policy. It's about identity, and the system can't handle it.

by Ezra Klein 2020

4.21

20k+ ratings

🧭 Political Polarization 🧠 Political Psychology 📺 Media Fragmentation 🆔 Identity Politics 🗂 Political Sorting

What's Our Problem?

by Tim Urban • 2023

A society can think like a scientist or a zealot. Right now, the zealot is in charge.

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6k+

🧭 Polarization 👥 Tribalism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏷 Identity Politics 🧠 Group Psychology

What's Our Problem? 96%

A society can think like a scientist or a zealot. Right now, the zealot is in charge.

by Tim Urban 2023

4.24

6k+ ratings

🧭 Polarization 👥 Tribalism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏷 Identity Politics 🧠 Group Psychology

Political Tribes

by Amy Chua • 2018

Vietnam, Iraq, and now America: the tribal instinct that loses wars is consuming us at home.

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4k+

🏴 Ethnic Conflict ⚡ Failed Interventions 👥 Us Vs Them 🎯 Identity Politics 🧠 Political Psychology

Political Tribes 94%

Vietnam, Iraq, and now America: the tribal instinct that loses wars is consuming us at home.

by Amy Chua 2018

4.20

4k+ ratings

🏴 Ethnic Conflict ⚡ Failed Interventions 👥 Us Vs Them 🎯 Identity Politics 🧠 Political Psychology

The Identity Trap

by Yascha Mounk • 2023

An ideology that centers race and gender is dividing the left. The origin story, and a better way.

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2k+

🏛️ Identity Politics 💬 Free Speech Debate ⚖️ Equity Vs Equality 📚 Critical Theory Critique 🌐 Social Cohesion

The Identity Trap 94%

An ideology that centers race and gender is dividing the left. The origin story, and a better way.

by Yascha Mounk 2023

4.05

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Identity Politics 💬 Free Speech Debate ⚖️ Equity Vs Equality 📚 Critical Theory Critique 🌐 Social Cohesion

Strangers in Their Own Land

by Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2016

Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.

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🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🧱 Political Polarization 🏭 Environmental Justice 👷 Working Class Politics 🧠 Motivated Reasoning

Strangers in Their Own Land 94%

Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.

by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016

4.12

18k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🧱 Political Polarization 🏭 Environmental Justice 👷 Working Class Politics 🧠 Motivated Reasoning

Outraged

by Kurt Gray • 2025

Liberals and conservatives don't have different moralities; they just see different victims.

4.11

472

🧠 Moral Psychology 🗳️ Political Polarization 👀 Threat Perception 🌉 Bridge-Building 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

Outraged 94%

Liberals and conservatives don't have different moralities; they just see different victims.

by Kurt Gray 2025

4.11

472 ratings

🧠 Moral Psychology 🗳️ Political Polarization 👀 Threat Perception 🌉 Bridge-Building 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

Truth Over Tribe

by Patrick Keith Miller • 2022

Your politics are fracturing your church and your mind. The ancient remedy begins with humility.

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561

🗳️ Political Division ✝️ Christian Politics 🧠 Tribal Psychology 📱 Social Media Critique 🤔 Intellectual Humility

Truth Over Tribe 94%

Your politics are fracturing your church and your mind. The ancient remedy begins with humility.

by Patrick Keith Miller 2022

4.27

561 ratings

🗳️ Political Division ✝️ Christian Politics 🧠 Tribal Psychology 📱 Social Media Critique 🤔 Intellectual Humility

Twilight of American Sanity

by Allen Frances • 2016

Trump is just a symptom. The real disorder is a Stone Age mind steering a technological superpower.

3.60

287

🧠 Political Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌍 Climate Denial 🌱 Sustainability

Twilight of American Sanity 94%

Trump is just a symptom. The real disorder is a Stone Age mind steering a technological superpower.

by Allen Frances 2016

3.60

287 ratings

🧠 Political Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌍 Climate Denial 🌱 Sustainability

The Age of Grievance

by Frank Bruni • 2024

Grievance has become America's operating system, powering everything from politics to culture wars.

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🪞 Victimhood Culture 🥊 Culture Wars 📣 Outrage Culture 📉 American Decline 💰 Income Inequality

The Age of Grievance 94%

Grievance has become America's operating system, powering everything from politics to culture wars.

by Frank Bruni 2024

4.07

2k+ ratings

🪞 Victimhood Culture 🥊 Culture Wars 📣 Outrage Culture 📉 American Decline 💰 Income Inequality

Authoritarian Nightmare

by John W. Dean • 2020

Two personality scales, tested for decades, predicted Trump's base and its immunity to facts.

4.15

881

🗳️ Trump Era 👤 Authoritarian Personality 🏛️ Political Psychology 🥇 Group Dominance 🔍 Cognitive Biases

Authoritarian Nightmare 94%

Two personality scales, tested for decades, predicted Trump's base and its immunity to facts.

by John W. Dean 2020

4.15

881 ratings

🗳️ Trump Era 👤 Authoritarian Personality 🏛️ Political Psychology 🥇 Group Dominance 🔍 Cognitive Biases

The Way Out

by Peter T. Coleman • 2021

Winning arguments deepens polarization. The real way out: redesign the hidden systems that fuel it.

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145

🏛️ Conflict Resolution 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌉 Bridge Building 🔗 Social Psychology

The Way Out 94%

Winning arguments deepens polarization. The real way out: redesign the hidden systems that fuel it.

by Peter T. Coleman 2021

3.81

145 ratings

🏛️ Conflict Resolution 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌉 Bridge Building 🔗 Social Psychology

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 94%

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

The End of Race Politics

by Coleman Hughes • 2024

Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.

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2k+

🎯 Colorblindness Debate 🏷️ Identity Politics 📊 Racial Disparities ✊ Civil Rights Tradition 🧬 Social Construct Of Race

The End of Race Politics 93%

Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.

by Coleman Hughes 2024

4.38

2k+ ratings

🎯 Colorblindness Debate 🏷️ Identity Politics 📊 Racial Disparities ✊ Civil Rights Tradition 🧬 Social Construct Of Race

Rebellion

by Robert Kagan • 2024

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

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664

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Political History 🔗 White Supremacy ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚡ Political Polarization

Rebellion 93%

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

by Robert Kagan 2024

4.39

664 ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Political History 🔗 White Supremacy ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚡ Political Polarization

Nation of Victims

by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2022

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

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🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

Nation of Victims 93%

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022

3.90

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

Identity

by Francis Fukuyama • 2018

Economics doesn't explain our political chaos. A deeper human need, the demand for dignity, does.

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7k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Recognition Theory 🏴 National Identity 📢 Populist Backlash 🎭 Expressive Individualism

Identity 93%

Economics doesn't explain our political chaos. A deeper human need, the demand for dignity, does.

by Francis Fukuyama 2018

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Recognition Theory 🏴 National Identity 📢 Populist Backlash 🎭 Expressive Individualism

How Woke Won

by Joanna Williams • 2022

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

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🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

How Woke Won 93%

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

by Joanna Williams 2022

4.09

175 ratings

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State

by Andrew Gelman • 2008

Wealthy states lean left; within them, wealth predicts right. The data that reconciles the split.

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🗺️ Electoral Geography 🗳️ Voting Behavior 💰 Income And Voting ↔️ Political Polarization 🔵🔴 Cultural Divides

Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State Summary

Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State 93%

Wealthy states lean left; within them, wealth predicts right. The data that reconciles the split.

by Andrew Gelman 2008

3.64

376 ratings

🗺️ Electoral Geography 🗳️ Voting Behavior 💰 Income And Voting ↔️ Political Polarization 🔵🔴 Cultural Divides

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

by Ben Shapiro • 2020

Three principles made America. A rival philosophy now insists all three were the problem all along.

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🇺🇸 American Identity 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Natural Rights 🏛️ Limited Government 🎯 Cancel Culture

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps 93%

Three principles made America. A rival philosophy now insists all three were the problem all along.

by Ben Shapiro 2020

4.06

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Identity 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Natural Rights 🏛️ Limited Government 🎯 Cancel Culture

The Political Brain

by Drew Westen • 2007

Why facts and policy details lose elections: the emotional brain runs the voting booth.

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2k+

🧠 Political Psychology 🗳️ Campaign Strategy 📢 Political Messaging 🖼️ Framing Effects 🌍 Racial Politics

The Political Brain 93%

Why facts and policy details lose elections: the emotional brain runs the voting booth.

by Drew Westen 2007

4.05

2k+ ratings

🧠 Political Psychology 🗳️ Campaign Strategy 📢 Political Messaging 🖼️ Framing Effects 🌍 Racial Politics

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't

by Jessamyn Conrad • 2008

What every voter should know about the issues, explained without the partisan spin.

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2k+

🦅 American Politics 📋 Public Policy 📚 Civic Education ⚡ Political Polarization 🔥 Culture Wars

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't Summary

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't 93%

What every voter should know about the issues, explained without the partisan spin.

by Jessamyn Conrad 2008

3.94

2k+ ratings

🦅 American Politics 📋 Public Policy 📚 Civic Education ⚡ Political Polarization 🔥 Culture Wars

I'm Right and You're an Idiot

by James Hoggan • 2016

Why arguing harder backfires, and the listening and framing skills that actually change minds.

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🗣️ Public Discourse ⚡ Polarization 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🕊️ Nonviolent Communication

I'm Right and You're an Idiot 93%

Why arguing harder backfires, and the listening and framing skills that actually change minds.

by James Hoggan 2016

3.69

230 ratings

🗣️ Public Discourse ⚡ Polarization 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🕊️ Nonviolent Communication

Love Your Enemies

by Arthur C. Brooks • 2019

Contempt destroys marriages and countries alike. The way out is not what you'd expect.

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4k+

🏛️ Political Polarization 💬 Civil Discourse 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Love Your Enemies 93%

Contempt destroys marriages and countries alike. The way out is not what you'd expect.

by Arthur C. Brooks 2019

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Polarization 💬 Civil Discourse 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Moral Politics

by George Lakoff • 1996

Liberals and conservatives don't just disagree; they're running different family simulations.

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2k+

🧠 Political Psychology 💡 Conceptual Metaphor ⚖️ Political Polarization 🤔 Moral Reasoning 🇺🇸 American Politics

Moral Politics 93%

Liberals and conservatives don't just disagree; they're running different family simulations.

by George Lakoff 1996

4.03

2k+ ratings

🧠 Political Psychology 💡 Conceptual Metaphor ⚖️ Political Polarization 🤔 Moral Reasoning 🇺🇸 American Politics

How Civil Wars Start

by Barbara F. Walter • 2022

America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.

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6k+

🔬 Civil War Studies 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics 🪓 Ethnic Factionalism ⚠️ Domestic Extremism

How Civil Wars Start 93%

America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.

by Barbara F. Walter 2022

4.24

6k+ ratings

🔬 Civil War Studies 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics 🪓 Ethnic Factionalism ⚠️ Domestic Extremism

Stolen Pride

by Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2024

Shame from economic decline, redirected into racial blame, powers today's right-wing resurgence.

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2k+

🏛️ American Politics 🌾 Rural Sociology 🏭 Deindustrialization ⛰️ Appalachian Studies 😤 Political Emotion

Stolen Pride 93%

Shame from economic decline, redirected into racial blame, powers today's right-wing resurgence.

by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏛️ American Politics 🌾 Rural Sociology 🏭 Deindustrialization ⛰️ Appalachian Studies 😤 Political Emotion

High Conflict

by Amanda Ripley • 2021

Why some disagreements turn into unending feuds, and the specific technique that breaks the cycle.

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🤝 Conflict Resolution 🧠 Social Psychology 🚩 Cognitive Biases 👥 Group Dynamics 👂 Active Listening

High Conflict 93%

Why some disagreements turn into unending feuds, and the specific technique that breaks the cycle.

by Amanda Ripley 2021

4.26

5k+ ratings

🤝 Conflict Resolution 🧠 Social Psychology 🚩 Cognitive Biases 👥 Group Dynamics 👂 Active Listening

A Lot of People Are Saying

by Russell Muirhead • 2019

Conspiracism changed. It no longer explains, only tears down, and it now occupies the White House.

3.60

784

🏛️ Democratic Erosion 🗣️ Post-Truth Politics 🌀 Conspiracy Thinking 👥 Identity-Based Belief 🏚️ Institutional Decay

A Lot of People Are Saying 93%

Conspiracism changed. It no longer explains, only tears down, and it now occupies the White House.

by Russell Muirhead 2019

3.60

784 ratings

🏛️ Democratic Erosion 🗣️ Post-Truth Politics 🌀 Conspiracy Thinking 👥 Identity-Based Belief 🏚️ Institutional Decay

The Case for Trump

by Victor Davis Hanson • 2019

Trump was the symptom of an establishment that had failed its own voters for decades.

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2k+

🔨 Populist Movements ⚡ Political Polarization 🏛️ Administrative State 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🏚️ Deindustrialization

The Case for Trump 93%

Trump was the symptom of an establishment that had failed its own voters for decades.

by Victor Davis Hanson 2019

4.21

2k+ ratings

🔨 Populist Movements ⚡ Political Polarization 🏛️ Administrative State 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🏚️ Deindustrialization

I Never Thought of It That Way

by Monica Guzmán • 2022

Skills that bridge political divides: why curiosity, not argument, rebuilds connection.

3.87

4k+

🧭 Political Polarization 💬 Difficult Conversations 🧠 Intellectual Humility 👁️ Perspective Taking 🔬 Social Psychology

I Never Thought of It That Way 93%

Skills that bridge political divides: why curiosity, not argument, rebuilds connection.

by Monica Guzmán 2022

3.87

4k+ ratings

🧭 Political Polarization 💬 Difficult Conversations 🧠 Intellectual Humility 👁️ Perspective Taking 🔬 Social Psychology

Parasitic Mind

by Gad Saad • 2020

The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.

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9k+

🦠 Idea Contagion 🏛️ Campus Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics 🤐 Political Correctness 🩹 Victimhood Culture

Parasitic Mind 93%

The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.

by Gad Saad 2020

3.94

9k+ ratings

🦠 Idea Contagion 🏛️ Campus Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics 🤐 Political Correctness 🩹 Victimhood Culture

The Righteous Mind

by Jonathan Haidt • 2012

Reason didn't evolve to find truth. It evolved to defend whatever your group already believes.

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67k+

🧠 Moral Psychology 🔴 Political Polarization ⚡ Moral Intuition 👥 Group Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics

The Righteous Mind 93%

Reason didn't evolve to find truth. It evolved to defend whatever your group already believes.

by Jonathan Haidt 2012

4.19

67k+ ratings

🧠 Moral Psychology 🔴 Political Polarization ⚡ Moral Intuition 👥 Group Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics

The Hidden Brain

by Shankar Vedantam • 2009

Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.

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3k+

🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics 🧨 Radicalization

The Hidden Brain 93%

Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.

by Shankar Vedantam 2009

3.99

3k+ ratings

🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics 🧨 Radicalization

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.

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

America's Cultural Revolution 93%

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

Politics Is for Power

by Eitan D. Hersh • 2020

Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.

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1k+

🏘️ Community Organizing ⚡ Power Building 📱 Slacktivism 📺 Media Criticism 🫂 Empathy In Politics

Politics Is for Power 93%

Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.

by Eitan D. Hersh 2020

4.09

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Community Organizing ⚡ Power Building 📱 Slacktivism 📺 Media Criticism 🫂 Empathy In Politics

The Madness of Crowds

by Douglas Murray • 2019

Identity politics became the West's substitute faith. A gay dissenter counts what we are losing.

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17k+

🏷️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 🩹 Victimhood Culture 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism

The Madness of Crowds 93%

Identity politics became the West's substitute faith. A gay dissenter counts what we are losing.

by Douglas Murray 2019

4.20

17k+ ratings

🏷️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 🩹 Victimhood Culture 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism

Attack from Within

by Barbara McQuade • 2024

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

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2k+

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

Attack from Within 93%

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

The Conversation

by Robert Livingston • 2021

Racism's biggest obstacle is not hatred but the widespread disbelief that it exists.

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✊ Antiracism Practice 🧠 Implicit Bias 🧱 Structural Racism 🌈 Diversity And Inclusion 👥 Intergroup Dynamics

The Conversation 93%

Racism's biggest obstacle is not hatred but the widespread disbelief that it exists.

by Robert Livingston 2021

4.36

561 ratings

✊ Antiracism Practice 🧠 Implicit Bias 🧱 Structural Racism 🌈 Diversity And Inclusion 👥 Intergroup Dynamics

The Darker Side of Leadership

by Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries • 2024

The psychological recipe that turns frightened populations into followers of dangerous leaders.

3.40

🗳️ Political Psychology 🧠 Mass Psychology 🐑 Herd Mentality ⚠️ Authoritarianism 📢 Populism

The Darker Side of Leadership 92%

The psychological recipe that turns frightened populations into followers of dangerous leaders.

by Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries 2024

3.40

5 ratings

🗳️ Political Psychology 🧠 Mass Psychology 🐑 Herd Mentality ⚠️ Authoritarianism 📢 Populism

A Pelican Introduction

by Mike Savage • 2015

Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.

4.06

546

🏛️ Class Analysis 🇬🇧 British Society 🎭 Cultural Capital 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Social Mobility

A Pelican Introduction 92%

Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.

by Mike Savage 2015

4.06

546 ratings

🏛️ Class Analysis 🇬🇧 British Society 🎭 Cultural Capital 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Social Mobility

The Origins of Woke

by Richard Hanania • 2023

Wokeness is a legal compliance regime, not a cultural shift. Here is the repeal roadmap.

3.71

282

🧑‍⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🏛️ Political History 🐙 Institutional Capture 📋 Affirmative Action 🏢 Corporate Compliance

The Origins of Woke 92%

Wokeness is a legal compliance regime, not a cultural shift. Here is the repeal roadmap.

by Richard Hanania 2023

3.71

282 ratings

🧑‍⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🏛️ Political History 🐙 Institutional Capture 📋 Affirmative Action 🏢 Corporate Compliance

How Change Happens

by Cass R. Sunstein • 2019

Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.

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🌊 Social Change 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Political Polarization 🏗️ Choice Architecture ⚖️ Moral Psychology

How Change Happens 92%

Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.

by Cass R. Sunstein 2019

3.11

197 ratings

🌊 Social Change 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Political Polarization 🏗️ Choice Architecture ⚖️ Moral Psychology

Race Marxism

by James Lindsay • 2022

Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.

4.23

364

🏛️ Critical Theory 🗳️ Racial Politics ☭ Marxism 🪪 Identity Politics 🔍 Postmodernism

Race Marxism 92%

Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.

by James Lindsay 2022

4.23

364 ratings

🏛️ Critical Theory 🗳️ Racial Politics ☭ Marxism 🪪 Identity Politics 🔍 Postmodernism

Butler

by Salena Zito • 2025

One bullet, one Rust Belt town, and the reckoning America's institutions could no longer postpone.

4.32

1k+

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🗣️ American Populism 🔫 Political Violence 📰 Media Bias 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Butler 92%

One bullet, one Rust Belt town, and the reckoning America's institutions could no longer postpone.

by Salena Zito 2025

4.32

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🗣️ American Populism 🔫 Political Violence 📰 Media Bias 🏛️ Institutional Failure

The Tyranny of Opinion

by Russell Blackford • 2018

Conformity is eating liberalism from the inside, and censors don't all sit on the right.

3.92

🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🎯 Cancel Culture 🪪 Identity Politics 🐑 Conformity

The Tyranny of Opinion 92%

Conformity is eating liberalism from the inside, and censors don't all sit on the right.

by Russell Blackford 2018

3.92

36 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🎯 Cancel Culture 🪪 Identity Politics 🐑 Conformity

The Cult of Trump

by Steven Hassan • 2019

A four-part control system that locks in a president's followers and blinds them to how it works.

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🏛️ Political Cults ⚠️ Authoritarian Politics 🧠 Undue Influence 📺 Media Manipulation ⛪ Evangelical Politics

The Cult of Trump 92%

A four-part control system that locks in a president's followers and blinds them to how it works.

by Steven Hassan 2019

4.11

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Cults ⚠️ Authoritarian Politics 🧠 Undue Influence 📺 Media Manipulation ⛪ Evangelical Politics

I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening)

by Sarah Stewart Holland • 2019

A path to disagreeing about politics without destroying relationships.

4.07

5k+

🤝 Political Depolarization 🗣️ Civil Discourse 💬 Difficult Conversations ⛪ Faith And Politics 🔄 Echo Chambers

I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening) Summary

I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening) 92%

A path to disagreeing about politics without destroying relationships.

by Sarah Stewart Holland 2019

4.07

5k+ ratings

🤝 Political Depolarization 🗣️ Civil Discourse 💬 Difficult Conversations ⛪ Faith And Politics 🔄 Echo Chambers

The Human Swarm

by Mark W. Moffett • 2019

Societies don't run on cooperation. They run on identity markers strangers can spot at a glance.

3.65

466

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