ohsothatsyuri 's review for:

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

3.5

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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I’ve already been recommending this book to many people online. I think it’s necessary to read it as liberals/dems/green party whatever. It’s a look into the people who vote against their own self interests and how it’s so obviously a matter of upbringing and the idea of upholding tradition. It’s important to know where everyone is at.  It’s important to attempt to rebuild the bridges that have been destroyed during this AT Era (after Trump era) for America. It will be extremely important with the years to come. We must find a foothold of common ground and try and make space for each other. It will be a fight, and it won’t be easy, but something’s gotta give. Understanding the other sides mentality/their lives/traditions/etc is an important step. I will continue to recommend this book.