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Eminent Disdain - The Triumph of Cynicism Over Integrity in 21st Century America (Hardcover)
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Eminent Disdain - The Triumph of Cynicism Over Integrity in 21st Century America (Hardcover)
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This book comments on serious social, economic, political,
historical, environmental and other issues which have tested our
elected governments from both parties. It points out areas of
Constitutional conflict, political inertia, selective law
enforcement and others that pose a real peril to our republic.
Whether in our foreign, economic, immigration, health care,
agricultural or other policy choices, it finds a common thread
which ties our elected representatives to the service of interests
that are special rather than national. At the root of these failed
policy and legislative efforts is an equally damaging failure of
our electoral system whereby money is dominant and delivers a
Congress that enjoys an incumbency reelection rate of over 90%. Not
all of our problems are internal, however. The role assigned to
America as sole superpower following the collapse of the USSR has
been one which called for our assumption, but for which we were
psychologically and historically less than suited. The point is not
whether others could do better, but rather that it has had a
negative impact upon our national character and actions. This book
makes clear that unless we are willing to make a real effort to
return to the principles and ideals of our founding and literally
pull ourselves together, our enviable experiment in representative
democracy will no longer be able to meet the needs of its citizens
and will fail due to our lack of will, not its merit.
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