Posted on 09/18/2012 5:39:04 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
I was thinking of several influential books, but there was the limitation of “written by an American” that chopped them off. Picking one I went with Free to Choose, even though Economics in One Lesson is also quite worthy, as are several Sowell books.
While I sympathize with his views, the book was really, really badly written. At times it read like a survival manual, at other times it read like bad fiction from a fifth grader.
Heck, I’m a big fan of Unintended Consequences, but even that is no fiction masterpiece. However it is worlds better than Patriots.
There can’t possibly be any question or doubt about it - the books that have most shaped 2012, and the past four years, are “Das Kapital” by Marx, and “The Communist Manifesto” for their influence on the White House.
Third place goes to Mao’s “Little Red Book” for inspiring the OWS.
Meanwhile, the periodical that has most reflected the times in which we’re living is Mad Magazine. Alfred E. Neuman was way ahead of his era.
Oddly, I noticed that my book wasn’t listed either.
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