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The last 5 (or so) books you read that had some effect on your political views?

Also note where you fall politically.....if you align with a party or ideology.

Just to be fair:

Civil Libertarian / Democratic Socialist (that's Democratic not Democrat)

Nudge: Improving Decisions

Rise and Decline of Nations - Mancur Olson

Supercapitalism - Robert Reich

Conscience of a Liberal - Paul Krugman

Hegemony or Survival - Chomsky

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Free Lunch

    Eco Barons

    The Last American Aristocrat

    Oily Politicians

    The Life of the Party

    Independent I guess. I voted for Cynthia McKinney.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The most recent political book I read was Sweet Poison - by Janet Starr Hull. Its all about the DANGERS of the chemical called Aspartame.

    Janet tells the story of how she becme ill after drinking lots and lots of diet soda, how the doctors had no idea what was wrong , and how they eventually diagnosed her with Graves disease. There was just one problem - one of the symptoms of graves disease is the unexplained LOSS of weight. Janet was not losing weight - she was putting weight on - growing fatter.

    She describes how she had to investigate what the effects of Aspartame are on the human boy. She looked into

    how the FDA approved the use of Aspartame as a food additive and how people have been sick ever since.

    It tells me that the US government does not give a damn about people and safety. They only care that they get their money and that the big business be able to make their huge profits and the govt get their share of that money through bribes and taxes.

    If I was an american - I would have voted for Obama. But I now regret that decision. I should have voted for Ron Paul as a write-in.

    I am so glad I am not an american.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I'm currently reading Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals." Obama has said on numerous occasions that it is the single book which had the greatest influence on his life.

    I am struck by the similarities between it and Marx and Engel's "Communist Manifesto." Rules is the Manifesto in more modern terms, but written for an obviously less intelligent audience than the Manifesto. "Haves and have nots" instead of "bourgeois and proletariat."

    It is the Manifesto with a smiley face.

    If you have ever read the Manifesto, and then read Rules, you'll agree that Alinsky should have been sued for plagiarism.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's funny, the Romans and Greeks had pretty much the same arguments today's English literature portrays. Of course, the Romans equated patriotism with piety and adopted gods. So, Livy.

    I'm a Yellow-Dog Democrat. Government dictates wealth. Always has. Always will.

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  • 1 decade ago

    United in Hate:

    The Left's Romance With Tyranny and Terror

    By Jamie Glazov

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    Liberal Fascism

    The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

    By Jonah Goldberg

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    Defeating the Totalitarian Lie:

    A Former Hitler Youth Warns America

    By Hilmar von Campe

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    Brainwashed

    How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth

    By: Ben Shapiro

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    "The Republican War on Science"

    "Don't Get Too Comfortable"

    "It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush"

    "Freakonomics"

    "Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul"

    Source(s): Politically moderate/left leaning Don't really align with anyone, unfortunately
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Conscience of a Liberal is the only book on your list that I have read. It informed some of my opinions, it did not change them.

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