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Age of Anger

a History of the Present
May 28, 2017cello9flute rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I think this man has something to say--if only he would say it! And he probably could have said it in a book half the size. He certainly has done a lot of reading--and he lets us know it--quoting the words and expounding the ideas of philosophers, political thinkers and commentators from the 18th century to the present. The problem is he jumps all over the place, spewing out a lot of generalities and abstractions. It is often hard to know what point he is making. Don't bother to read it--his only insight is that in a society based on equality there will always be resentment as people look around and see that others have more than they do and decide they got it by crushing them. Oh yes, and he thinks all terrorist are alike, Timothy McVeigh, Omar Manteen, Abu Nidal Hassan and others. There! I've told you all you need to know.