Jay Myers -- Audiobooks -- Apocalyptic Thriller & Non-Fiction Summary
Rising Star
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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one blackout. It was almost two a.m. according to Lucy's phone. Still no signal, the sound of a key scratching its way into the lock, pricked her ears loose, came dan's voice. As the front door clicked open, she shoved the envelope back into the drawer, dan! She cried, dashing out from the candle lit kitchen to her partner, who stood in the front doorway wearing a headlamp. I saw your note. She quivered. What the **** is going on? I'll explain as we go. Take these, He said, Panting as he passed her two gallon sized bottles of water. Just leave them in the hallway. We need to be quick. He swiveled the vast hiking backpack off his shoulders and swung it to the floor. It was fit to burst dan, You're freaking me out. What is all this choked lucy? Put your shoes on, There's more in the car! He panted, mopping the band of sweat from his brow and disappearing out the door again. Come on, lucy hastily pulled on a pair of sneakers and set off after him down the blacked out stairwell, dan, tell me what's going on. You leave me a note saying everything's about to change. What does that even mean? Whisper? He hissed, casting his light around the deserted level. Did you see the news before the networks went down? I caught a bit at work. Is this to do with the whole space station thing? Replied lucy, hastening to keep up as dan raced on. Yes, He said, as they rounded the corner of the 6th floor. Dad called me right before the news broke. The white House thinks what happened to the ISS is linked to what's happening to the satellites. What is happening to them? Probed lucy. I don't know. Okay. All I know is what dad told me. It's what's next that matters. Stop! He halted and covered his head lamp. Lucy froze mid step and listened, her eyes adjusting to the darkness robert, righteous book. The system who rigged it, how we fix it explains in no uncertain terms that the american people have an upside down understanding of how our world works today. It isn't about divisive ideologies, republican versus democrat. Rather it is about divisions of those with wealth and power and those without. In the climate of the 2016 election, Rice discusses how oligarchy can destroy democracy, how it undermines most american voices or gives them no voice at all. That were in the third wave of an oligarchic society, the last of which was suspended due to the erosions of World War Two and the Great Depression. He argues that socialism is not bad. It is in fact already in use amongst the wealthy. Further, it's the average american who falls within the scope of the definition of capitalism. Using the example of the Great Recession in 2009, he compares those who received bailouts and those who lost everything, he explains, there's some ceos business executives and yes, government leaders on both sides, you don't realize they're part of the problem, essentially, all of their altruistic ideals and talk while they may be realized on a small scale can't affect real change, especially if they don't truly understand how their actions affect the rest of the american people. Rice challenges the rest of us with the impetus that in order to affect real change within the system, we must first understand it.