This is a Daily Deal. For less than 5 bucks, I thought it might be worth a shot. Not worth one, as it turns out. This writing duo is looking at hidden motivations. According to them, even in moments of tenderness, fondness cloaks self-interest. Capitalism has it right. Dog eat dog. Who needs the pretense of a safety net?
There’s a recent study that examines the differences between conservatives and liberals. The former tend to believe the worst, while liberals lean toward hopeful. These writers are definitely conservative. Early on, they observe that liberals are faking it. For instance, liberals opposed George Bush’s wars, but when Obama was president, their criticisms of the same wars were more muted, the big phonies. This ignores reality, the profound difference between starting a war and the devilish complications of ending one, especially the one in Afghanistan, which would mean abandoning our Afghan allies to their certain deaths and women to the ownership of male overlords. Trump might succeed in getting out, largely because he doesn’t care at all what happens to those he’ll leave behind. (Aren’t they brown people?) And if this terrorist breeding ground continues breeding, well, he’ll be gone by then. (I hope in jail.)
I could go on, but the topic as they present it is reductive and false. Plus, the writing is pedestrian. If I’m going to read or listen to a book with a markedly conservative viewpoint, it has to be exceptionally well written. This is flat. Not worth it. I listened to roughly a third of this book and can’t finish. Even if I were a conservative which I’m not, I’d want more. As Audible reviewers like to say, hard pass.