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020			_a9781668003893 (paperback)
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100	1		_aBorowitz, Andy, _d1958- _942353
245	1	0	_aProfiles in ignorance : _bhow America's politicians got dumb and dumber / _cAndy Borowitz.
250			_aFirst Avid Reader Press trade paperback edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAvid Reader Press, _c2023
300			_a323 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: The three stages of ignorance -- The first stage: Ridicule -- The second stage: Acceptance -- The third stage: Celebration -- Conclusion: Democracy's braking system.
520			_a"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
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650		0	_aPolitical culture _zUnited States _xHistory _y21st century.
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650		4	_aPolíticos _xVida intelectual _zEstados Unidos _ySiglo XX _942499
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