1/8/2024 0 Comments Ben sasse twitterrificI gave this book five stars because it was exactly the book I needed to read at exactly the right time. This book talks about the circumstances that have exacerbated divisions in the United States, and it provides guidance for how to see commonalities among one another and overcome political rifts. I do not always agree with him, but according to his book, Them: Why We Hate Each Other – And How to Heal, that's OK. Fixing what’s wrong with the country depends on you rebuilding right where you’re planted.īen Sasse is a Republican senator from Nebraska. Even as technology nudges us to become rootless, Sasse shows how only a recovery of rootedness can heal our lonely souls.Īmerica wants you to be happy, but more urgently, America needs you to love your neighbor. There’s a path forward-but reversing our decline requires something radical: a rediscovery of real places and real human-to-human relationships. ![]() We’re in danger of half of us believing different facts than the other half, and the digital revolution throws gas on the fire. No institutions command widespread public trust, enabling foreign intelligence agencies to use technology to pick the scabs on our toxic divisions. Stable families and enduring friendships-life’s fundamental pillars-are in statistical freefall.Īs traditional tribes of place evaporate, we rally against common enemies so we can feel part of on a team. ![]() Work isn’t what we’d hoped: less certainty, few lifelong coworkers, shallow purpose. Across the nation, little leagues are disappearing, Rotary clubs are dwindling, and in all likelihood, we don’t know the neighbor two doors down. It’s that we’re so lonely we can’t see straight-and it bubbles out as anger. Senator Ben Sasse argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, our crisis isn’t really about politics. We’re the richest country in history, but we’ve never been more pessimistic. Nearly half of us think the other political party isn’t just wrong they’re evil. ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing American Adult, an intimate and urgent assessment of the existential crisis facing our nation.Īmerican life expectancy is declining for a third straight year.
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