{"product_id":"book-chvx","title":"America: The Farewell Tour","description":"\u003cb\u003eChris Hedges’s profound and provocative examination of America in crisis is “an exceedingly…provocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be heard” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), about how bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in a culture of sadism and hate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerica, says Pulitzer Prize­–winning reporter Chris Hedges, is convulsed by an array of pathologies that have arisen out of profound hopelessness, a bitter despair, and a civil society that has ceased to function. The opioid crisis; the retreat into gambling to cope with economic distress; the pornification of culture; the rise of magical thinking; the celebration of sadism, hate, and plagues of suicides are the physical manifestations of a society that is being ravaged by corporate pillage and a failed democracy. As our society unravels, we also face global upheaval caused by catastrophic climate change. All these ills presage a frightening reconfiguration of the nation and the planet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDonald Trump rode this disenchantment to power. In his “forceful and direct” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eAmerica: The Farewell Tour\u003c\/i\u003e, Hedges argues that neither political party, now captured by corporate power, addresses the systemic problem. Until our corporate \u003ci\u003ecoup d’état\u003c\/i\u003e is reversed these diseases will grow and ravage the country. “With a trademark blend of…sharply observed detail, Hedges writes a requiem for the American dream” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) and seeks to jolt us out of our complacency while there is still time.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347190620464,"sku":"BDchvx","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347190686000,"sku":"10chvx","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/chvx-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773686783","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-chvx","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}