Minority Rule

The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People - and the Fight to Resist It

By: Ari Berman

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

The mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, represented an extreme form of the central danger facing American democracy today: a blatant disregard for the will of the majority. Through voter suppression, election subversion, gerrymandering, dark money, the takeover of the courts, and the whitewashing of history, reactionary white conservatives have strategically entrenched power in the face of a massive demographic and political shift. Ari Berman charts these efforts with sweeping historical research and incisive on-the-ground reporting, chronicling how a wide range of antidemocratic tactics interact with profound structural inequalities in institutions like the Electoral College, the Senate, and the Supreme Court to threaten the survival of representative government in America.

Some counter-majoritarian measures were built into the Constitution, which was designed in part to benefit a small propertied upper class, but they have metastasized to a degree that the Founding Fathers could never have anticipated, undermining the very notion of "a government of the people, by the people, and for the people." Chilling and revelatory, Minority Rule exposes the long history of the conflict between white supremacy and multiracial democracy that has reached a fever pitch today-while also telling the inspiring story of resistance to these regressive efforts.

©2024 Ari Berman (P)2024 Tantor

An essential examination of US government

Well researched, well organized, well written. If you have time for only one book about US history, make it this one.

Every American should read or listen to this book!

Mr. Berman exposed the anti-democratic foundation of the United States with a very thorough investigation of U.S. political history. The question now is "what are 'We The People ' going to do about it?" Hmmm.... I've got family in Wisconsin....

Chapter 2

Pay close attention to the information in chapter two. There is a clue as to why things are so messed up. Dont miss it. Listen again if necessary.

Nailed ut

Best description of why we are here politically I have heard yet.
I found myself agreeing with vigorous head shaking throughout the book.

Listen now and act

Excellent weaving together of our country’s origin story, history and current events. A must read book for this time for anyone zero wants to see democracy preserved in the USA.