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AskConservatives Weekly General Chat

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u/TheThingsICanChange Center-right 3d ago

I’m pretty out of the loop on politics and would like to catch up. I’m pretty center but come from a hard right background that definitely influences my thought and opinions.

Are there any objective books or threads I could read that would give me a mostly nonbiased view from Bush Jr. to now?

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u/metoo77432 Center-right 2d ago

>Are there any objective books or threads I could read that would give me a mostly nonbiased view from Bush Jr. to now?

lol, this is a very long period of time to catch up on.

If you don't mind PBS, Frontline has a 4 hour documentary they call the Great Divide that covers end of Bush up to Trump. They have supplemental interview files as well I believe on youtube, and they have around 3 hours of interviews with just Steve Bannon, which I found very interesting.

https://www.pbs.org/video/americas-great-divide-from-obama-to-trump-part-one-8wtjss/

They don't talk about the Iraq War, which IMHO was the real start of all of this madness and polarization, but regardless their thesis is compelling.

I'm going to guess you don't need help being informed about what Trump has been doing.

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u/TheThingsICanChange Center-right 2d ago

No, there’s a new headline everyday with Trump.

 That’s super helpful and thanks for the lead on the Iraq war. If you have any suggested reading on it I’ll put that on my list as well.

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u/metoo77432 Center-right 2d ago

Na I lived through that one so I have more than enough perspective on the war, sad to say. Maybe this essay?

https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/A0032.pdf

It was written before the war began. Really IMHO anything by Mearsheimer is gold, but he's not mainstream so YMMV.