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# Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Excellent Work, Well Researched and the Poster Child for Education!
  

*by J***K on Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2017*

First, kudos to Ms. Hochschild for painstaking effort to peel back the onion of the deep division on this country. She maintained a neutral, unbiased position, patiently took all the time needed and listened deeply to the people she spent time with. She also poured over mountains of research which is documented in the many appendices, endnotes and bibliography well documented in the last 90 pages of the book. I learned so much, but I also finished reading the book feeling a little less hopeful than when I started.Ms. Hochschild, a sociology professor, applied her skills to learn about the behaviors and beliefs of those who identify with conservative values that for many on the left find mystifying. She details and defines why she choose an area in Louisiana to conduct her research, spent over 5 years basically living with the people there and came away with a rich understanding of the fabric of their lives. By focusing on what she refers to as an empathy wall, she was able to honestly understand the world these folks live in, what they believe and how they came to believe it (hint: it goes way, way back). In the end, those on the right and those on the left ultimately want the same things in life; meaningful work, strong family and a place to call their own. How we get there and how we see ourselves in our communities and country, well, that's the difference, a very big difference.I'm still baffled by some of the pretzel logic of how so many believe the big petro chemical companies, who are wantonly polluting the world these folks so dearly love, are not at fault - they place blame squarely on the EPA. This is the same EPA these folks are cheering for Trump to slam shut.The idea that is one has a decent job, they won't need government assistance, and if you don't need government assistance, you don't need government. But they have it completely backwards with respect to the role of business and government; they believe business is looking out for their health and well-being and that government is there just to make a buck. And the notion that one has to choose between jobs and the environment made my heart sink. I'm not sure they realize the government is us, all of us, no "them" and despite their government selling them completely out to big business and getting much much more than a negative return, they still believe the charity of big business. Incredible. And to add to it, there is clearly a direct relationship between the level of distrust of government has and level of government benefits one receives.I spent some of my youth in the Midwest and when we visit family there, the one thing that always sticks out for me is the general lack of education. After reading this book, I can see why so many on the right refer to education as a "liberal" thing. And I think so many on the right believe hard, physical work is the gold standard for character because honestly it's a lot easier than doing the mental work of learning. Everyday I thank my mom for moving us out of that stifling existence; I shutter to think what our lives might be had she stayed.One huge takeaway from the book for me is even greater appreciation for importance of government policy, and how it can destroy or enhance the lives of its citizens. I believe there are plenty examples of where putting priority on the environment did not cost jobs, but to the contrary, added jobs (think California vs. Louisiana). In light of the sweeping rollbacks of environmental policies, Louisiana is a microcosm of the gargantuan environmental disaster our nation could very easily look like if we continue and insist on remaking our democracy into a "corporate-acracy" our nation's "leaders" are hell-bent on pursuing.I believe in the author's proof that scaling the empathy wall will lead to more understanding, trust and eventually the ability to cooperate together but for this valiant effort to really work, we all have to be willing. In reading this book it seemed the people the author met with seemed quite happy for her do the work of climbing up and over the wall. It didn't appear that anyone even thought about maybe they should be willing to do the same.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Darwin was right
  

*by S***T on Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2021*

I’m about a third of the way through this well-researched and thoroughly depressing book. I would give it five stars, but it's way too long for the simple message it delivers. A nod to brevity fo such a simple message would be good.I keep waiting for an epiphany, either mine or the author’s. Skipping ahead like I might with an Agatha Christie novel that I don’t have time to finish. At the end of every chapter I’m thinking “Okay...and?”Okay, so we have the politics of resentment to blame, coupled with the cynical appeal—pandering really—to that resentment by the very elite demographic that they so dislike. Not the Cambridge, Berkeley and New Haven elites, but the white, blond, well-educated New York media millionaires that Fox News mints with disturbing regularity. Got it. And?In the final analysis, these people are angry at the “line cutters.”  Which in the 21st century— likely the last century of the planet's failed "human race" experiment—makes as much sense as it did in 2nd grade where the concept originates. They vote against self interest out of petty grade school resentments. Oh right. They're also angry at people who aren't white.And that is the fault of “coastal elites?” The angry racists bear no responsibility at all? Got it.Apparently, the angry white male—or at least the Southern angry white male—is sure going to show them. As he slowly—or in some cases, quickly—kills himself and his family, and destroys his entire world out of a petty resentment aimed at, but ironically created by, other angry white males (the wealthy, educated ones) in New York, LA, Boston and Berkeley. Got it.But as we’ve been hearing with some regularity since Covid started, “science doesn’t care what you think.” Neither does evolution. Adapt or die. So much of this white male angry resentment often just seems like the melodramatic death throes of a suicidal monster from a 1950’s horror movie. Pogo said, “we have met the enemy and he is us.” They’re dying out, are mad about it, want everyone to know, and don’t care even a little bit about their impact on the rest of the planet. But don’t, dear reader, lose the plot: The “line cutters” are the problem, and it is up to the rest of us to scale the “empathy wall” and understand that. Noted.Call me crazy, but for some reason, I don’t think that empathy is going to accomplish much. The monster is addicted to its anger and resentment, self-destructively resistant to common sense and appeals to self interest, proud of its stubbornness and-lovingly coddled--ignorance, and doesn’t care what the impact of any of that is on the rest of the human race. Just like a poor, misunderstood, drug addict. Destroying every thing, person, place or event he encounters in his blood lust for what feeds his monster. "Poor me, poor me, poor me...Pour me a drink and give me back my keys."The question is how much of the rest of us is this monster going to take down before it groans its final death rattle. Can the best of homo sapiens survive its very worst and most destructive members?  Stay tuned. I’m not optimistic, and I have zero faith that empathy matters.None of which is the messenger's fault or responsibility. Great book. Depressing message.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A summary of our current situation
  

*by L***A on Reviewed in Brazil on August 27, 2021*

It is quite interesting the way the author express her ideas through the story. Basically, she mentions the origin of resentment from the south towards the central government in Washington. In my case, the situation described in the book reminds me of the Brazilian political issues. After many years of a left-wing government, Bolsonaro’s mandate is quite the opposite. As a result, the country is divided between those who support a pro free-market government and those who are against it.

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