Enemies of the People

Name: Enemies of the People
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Sam Jordison
ISBN: 9780008262068

Author: Sam Jordison

Narrator: Rich Keeble

Unabridged: 5 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 06/01/2017

Categories: Nonfiction, Humor, Social Science, Popular Culture Studies, Political Science, Corruption & Misconduct, Biography & Autobiography, History, Social History

Synopsis

Something has gone wrong. We're living in an age of celebratory racism, extreme inequality, uncertainty and fear. We're governed by people who claim to be populist but who seem to hate everyone. There are idiots at the wheel and we're heading for a cliff in a big red bus and no one knows how to save us. Enemies of The People reveals who has taken us to this dizzying precipice. It provides the actual, non-alternative facts about Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Vladimir Putin and their charming friends – and also explains where they got their crazy ideas. Why did people turn so mean? How did so-called social networks like Facebook become so very anti-social? Why did anyone think it would be a good idea to privatise railways? Just how much should we fear the robots? Why is no one doing anything about Global Warming? Why is no one doing anything about Boris Johnson either? This book explains all those vital questions and more. Remember, though – they say history is written by the victors and fortunately, many of those currently winning can’t seem to write more than 140 characters at a time. This gives us the golden opportunity to set the record straight and snatch back the narrative. But if we’ve any chance of victory, we first need to know our enemy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on July 25, 2017

This is a first for me, getting political online. There are some books that you wish you’d read earlier rather than later, and Enemies of the People is one such book. Not that it was available prior to the Brexit vote, or the electing of a reality TV star as President of the US. It seems we’re victi......more

Goodreads review by Braedie on September 11, 2018

This is a really fun read. It's quick. It's informative. Jordison introduces us to a variety of characters in politics, economics and in history that have helped bring about the current shit show we have going on here on planet earth. From populist politicians/leaders from the left and right undermin......more

Goodreads review by Elle on May 29, 2018

A hugely informative and entertaining look at some of the worlds most influential people and how their actions have shaped the current state of affairs today. There are some very witty paragraphs within and as long as you take it all with a grain of salt, you will come away more aware of the world a......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on May 29, 2019

Frustrating and at the same time, oddly cathartic to read this 2017 book in 2019... Definitely shared in the cynicism and dark humour dripping from these profiles. Whilst I felt that Chris Martin maybe should have escaped being in the same book as Donald Trump, I am definitely here for the notion th......more

Goodreads review by Maria on August 18, 2017

An angry rant of a book - but a well argued entertaining rant of a book.......more