Hustlers and the Idiot Swarm

I have a friend who reads too much. He’s a skeptic and an intellectual and will never be happy or content with the state of our country. Under these circumstances, I would brush off a 170 page rant as just the work of another madman. But the thing is that Reverend Manny is not mad. He’s not insane. He’s simply aware. And when he claims something in his book, Hustlers and the Idiot Swarm, that sounds too outrageous, he does what is required; he cites his sources.

This book is a massive finger pointing at all the assholes and hypocrites (The Hustlers) that make the daily lives of us humans, who work too much and have too little, just a bit too uncomfortable. The book also ousts those into the clear who are blatantly being affected by the actions of a select few fat-cats and yet back them (the Idiot Swarm).

Manny delves into the thick hypocrisy that forms our American political and social system. From the pedophiles in front of the pews and the closet homosexuals preaching anti-gay hate to our historical mythologies based on the non-existant American Dream that fuels so much unwarranted confusion and hate from those who do not have the dedication to research our history, unlike Reverend Manny.

So who should read this book? Well, I’d be lying if I said that when I started to read this book my first thought wasn’t, “Manny, you’re preaching to the choir.” But there were many things that I read that I did not know about. One that comes to mind is the story of Horatio Alger, Jr., who made his fortune writing novels during the expansion of our country, about young boys achieving the American Dream through the generous, helping-hand of a wealthy, older male.

When you consider who Horatio Alger, Jr. actually was, his framing of the American Dream within a prescriptive moral frame starts taking twisted new undertones. Algers, the literature paragon of American Will, Possibilities and Manhood, was the quiet son of a Unitarian Minister. He himself was a minister for a while–but was fired because he molested at least two teenage boys.

He then made his fortune on this fairy-tale drivel that involved “good little boys” being rescued form poverty by a “kindly old man.”

If only this were an isolated incident in our country’s history, but it is not and Reverend Manny shows us how the ass-fucking of Americans is on the top of the list of many people who control almost every facet of our daily lives.

If you don’t believe me or Manny, then do something about it. If you are a right-wing, gun-toting, tea-partier, who can only shout off soundbites heard from Fox News talking heads, or even if you are one of the half-dozen of right-wing intellectuals, get the book, read it, look up his sources and prove Manny wrong. Please, prove Manny wrong. I want Manny to be wrong, because if that were the case it would only mean that we simply need to seek help and be medicated as soon as possible. And to tell you the truth, that doesn’t sound so bad.

This book gets no meaty rating. It was written by someone who I know, respect and admire and therefore would not be able to give an unbiased rating.

Buy a copy of his book by following the link below.

http://reverendmanny.com/buy-my-book-hustlers-and-the-idiot-swarm/

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