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The only collection of Joe Bageant’s essays available in book form, this compilation features 25 essays by the self-proclaimed redneck socialist. Exploring the plight of America’s white, “redneck” underclass—a topic considered taboo for the mainstream media—with insight, humor, compassion, and rage, this record is the result of the editorial freedom Bageant gained via the internet. Touching upon politics, current affairs, and sociology, the essays were selected for inclusion based on reader feedback, web-traffic counts, and suggestions from Bageant’s online colleagues.
Introduction 1
1 Howling in the Belly of the Confederacy 9
2 Sleepwalking to Fallujah 17
3 The Covert Kingdom 24
4 Starting Down the Jackals 35
5 Drink, Pray, Fight, Fuck 43
6 It Ain't Easy Being White 53
7 What the "Left Behind" Series Really Means 67
8 Revenge of the Mutt People 82
9 Madmen and Sedatives 93
10 Somewhere a Banker Smiles 104
11 Escape from America 110
12 In the Reign of the One-nutted King 126
13 A Feral Dog Howls in Harvard Yard 145
14 Lost in the Hologram 159
15 Nine Billion Little Feet 169
16 The Audacity of Depression 185
17 Old Dogs and Hard Time 195
18 Meet the Leftnecks 203
19 Escape from the Zombie Food Court 206
20 A Redneck View of the Obamarama 223
21 The Devil and Mr. Obama 227
22 Live from Planet Norte 248
23 Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball 259
24 Algorithms and Red Wine 275
25 America: Y Ur Peeps B So Dum? 285
Overview
The only collection of Joe Bageant’s essays available in book form, this compilation features 25 essays by the self-proclaimed redneck socialist. Exploring the plight of America’s white, “redneck” underclass—a topic considered taboo for the mainstream media—with insight, humor, compassion, and rage, this record is the result of the editorial freedom Bageant gained via the internet. Touching upon politics, current affairs, and sociology, the essays were selected for inclusion based on reader feedback, web-traffic ...