TY  - BOOK
AU  - Borowitz,Andy
TI  - Profiles in ignorance: how America's politicians got dumb and dumber 
SN  - 9781668003893 (paperback)
AV  - JK 275 B736p 2023
U1  - 320.973 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Avid Reader Press
KW  - Political culture
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Cultura política
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Politicians
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Políticos
KW  - Vida intelectual
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Política y gobierno
KW  - 1969-
KW  - Historia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The three stages of ignorance -- The first stage: Ridicule -- The second stage: Acceptance -- The third stage: Celebration -- Conclusion: Democracy's braking system
N2  - "Borowitz argues that over the past fifty years, American politicians have grown increasingly allergic to knowledge, and mass media have encouraged the election of ignoramuses by elevating candidates who are better at performing than thinking. Starting with Ronald Reagan’s first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and culminating with the election of Donald J. Trump to the White House, Borowitz shows how, during the age of twenty-four-hour news and social media, the US has elected politicians to positions of great power whose lack of the most basic information is terrifying. In addition to Reagan, Quayle, Bush, Palin, and Trump, Borowitz covers a host of congresspersons, senators, and governors who have helped lower the bar over the past five decades. Profiles in Ignorance aims to make us both laugh and cry: laugh at the idiotic antics of these public figures, and cry at the cataclysms these icons of ignorance have caused. But most importantly, the book delivers a call to action and a cause for optimism: History doesn’t move in a straight line, and we can change course if we act now."-- Provided by publisher
ER  -