Northwoods Doc

READ this book, it's worth it, but the audible edition is NOT

Revisado: 09-17-24

Totally needs a professional narrator. have listened to many podcasts with the author and many books read by the author. More often than not, those read by the authors are better when dealing with nonfiction. In this case, that is unfortunately not true. It is hurried and so flat that even slowing down narration speed to 65% it's hard to follow because there are no pauses between thoughts to allow one a second or two to absorb them, and these are deep thoughts that take time to process. So I would 100% recommend the book, but have to say that I would also 100% NOT recommend the Audible version in its current form, despite loving to hear the author speak on assorted podcasts. This book deserves a Stephen Fry or a Michael York or a David Duchet as narrator.

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One-sided view of life-not wrong but dishonest

Revisado: 12-10-23

This book reminds me of Tucker Carlson's Ship of Fools.

While I cannot disagree with most of what he says, he is mostly describing why republicans have lost faith in their country and institutions, without really addressing the issues that have caused independents and democrats to also lose faith in their country and institutions. He basically puts everything down to progressive "wokeism", with minimal discussion of the influence of big money and transnational corporations on the nation beyond their obvious corruption of the political process, what RFK, Jr, calls 'agency capture'. His final prescriptions for improvement are basically right on, but they seem to come out of nowhere because he doesn't discuss the underlying reasons for his prescriptions in the rest of the book. He isn't honest with readers in the end is the feeling one is left with, no matter what political angle one is coming from.

For example, he doesn't ever discuss the effect of the coordinated lies of the likes of big tobacco, big agriculture, big pharma, big insurance or big food on the current mistrust of science and medicine, in their efforts to avoid responsibility for the endless harm their products have caused, the results of which taxpayers are paying for in terms of medical costs, lost land values, superfund cleanup and other costs that these corporations have been allowed to avoid and foist on taxpayers. Never mentions the role of endless mergers and acquisitions in the destruction of local media, small to even relatively large businesses and rural communities. Never mentions the role of big oil and coal in destruction of land and communities or in our endless, pointless and unnecessary military operations/wars that have siphoned off trillions of dollars that cost American lives, betrayed overseas allies on the ground that helped our military stay safe when in country, and that were needed for domestic security; policies by both parties that weakened national security overall by making millions of people overseas hate America and Americans. All for the sake of supporting the donor class at the expense of the American people.

it's good as far as it goes, but leaves out more than half the story. Better to read Liz Cheney's new book or Stuart Stevens new book if you are looking for conservative truth. They are true American patriots who are willing to speak the truth and give up power in order to stand up for the constitution and American democracy and freedom.

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Good advice, but arrogant attitude

Revisado: 11-29-20

I’ve listened to over 30 of Akart’s books now, because they have some really good information for thought regarding different situations for preparation. But they all feature the wealthy as heroes and all the rest of us as ‘takers’/villains. So they don’t really help or respect the actual working class that built this country, those of us who could get government benefits but choose not to, because we don’t believe in being ‘takers’, and so pay our taxes to stay out of jail, but aren’t acknowledged by Akart as being ‘makers’. We are the ‘flyover country’ ones. He ignores us at best, and lumps us with the ‘takers’ more often. And there’s nothing in his books that answers the questions of preparing when living in northern/cold climates where things freeze if just buried around the property, never mind yourself. So they are good books to get a wake-up call, but are written by one of the same class that he appears to argue against.

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