Thomas O. McGarity

Demolition Agenda by Thomas O McGarity lays out exactly how Trump's misadministration worked toward dismantling the government, from his and his cronies general ineptitude to the appointment of individuals opposed to the very agencies they were assigned to run.

As you'll be able to see on many sites, this book, filled with facts, will bring the kneejerk (and brain dead) one star reviews from people who didn't read (and likely wouldn't have understood the big words, some are more than two show more syllables) it but hate anything that lays their blind hatred and pure stupidity open so plainly. Ignore them, they are not worth worrying about until they actually engage in discussion and debate. There is nothing in this book they can refute, and admitting the truth means they don't want protection from bad food, poor infrastructure design and construction, unfair labor practices, equitable opportunity for all (the all is the part that stands in their bigoted way), healthcare for their fellow citizens, or predatory economic institutions. They simply support the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer, and they get to blame the groups they despise because hatred makes them feel (unjustifiably) superior.

For those who want to look at the many things that puppet Trump did quietly while we were all watching his childish social media tantrums, this book shows how he and his handlers have tried, and largely succeeded, in destroying what the populace has struggled to gain and establish over generations. All for the almighty dollar, which most of their supporters are not seeing either, but that is another story.

There are some suggestions for how to repair some of the damage and protect against another authoritarian attempt to overthrow the Constitution and the administrative backbone of the country. Anti-American right wingnuts won't care, they want to "return" to a time that never was but that, prior to strides made, we were headed toward. One where big money owns everyone and we all do subsistence labor so that they can take even more of the money our labor creates.

This book is a call to action. Ideally within the structues in place but, if necessary, through whatever means necessary. These one-star unable to read people can easily be neutralized. One way or another.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. show less