Book contents
- Post-Truth American Politics
- Post-Truth American Politics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Note on cover image
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Stories
- 3 The Enlightenment
- 4 The Political Crisis
- 5 The Economic Crisis
- 6 Political Stories
- 7 Economic Stories
- 8 Choosing
- 9 The Ethics of Responsibility
- 10 Refraining
- 11 Dissembling
- 12 What Now?
- Afterword
- Index
6 - Political Stories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2023
- Post-Truth American Politics
- Post-Truth American Politics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Note on cover image
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Stories
- 3 The Enlightenment
- 4 The Political Crisis
- 5 The Economic Crisis
- 6 Political Stories
- 7 Economic Stories
- 8 Choosing
- 9 The Ethics of Responsibility
- 10 Refraining
- 11 Dissembling
- 12 What Now?
- Afterword
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 shows how false Stories help to perpetuate the political imbalance, described in Chapter 3, which rests on polarization and gridlock and thwarts the principle and practice of national majority rule. These Stories include those admiring many Founders, various traditions and virtues, limited government, and Christian nationalism.
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- Post-Truth American PoliticsFalse Stories and Current Crises, pp. 79 - 96Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023