Great ideas behind the book

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	• The True Patriot Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer Sasquatch Books, 2008 - 136 pages average customer review:based on 21 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great ideas behind the book

I think the idea behind this book is a noble one. I commend them for being brave enough as progressive to claim patriotism. But there are some flaws in the idea behind this whole thing. First, Leftists, Liberals and progressives can not claim to be true patriots when majority of them view patriotism as a wrong idea. When most progressive activists undermine their own respective countries, be it the US or Canada, in the time of need. How can progressive claim they are truly in love with their countries when their peers keep playing the role of traitors and enemy enablers within our borders. Yes, it takes a few people like the authors of this short book to tell us that they are wrong, but these authors MUST correct the misdeeds and misbehavings of their own fellow progressives. All in all, this book is a fresh read.

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An inconvenient vision

I know, "inconvenient" has become the cliche of the decade. But the vision that Liu and Hanauer express in The True Patriot is so obvious, rings so true, that it must be its "inconvenience" that makes a market niche for a book to present it. It is a little red book for those weary of cynical manipulations by the power brokers of both economic and intellectual persuasions.

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It?s been hijacked by the right and abandoned by the left, but the principles of true patriotism ? country above self, responsible stewardship, equality, shared sacrifice and service ? are inherently progressive. The True Patriot challenges progressives to retake patriotism. Written in the pamphleteering style of Thomas Paine, it presents a manifesto, ten-principal plan, and moral code that reframe the concept of patriotism and return politics to what it once was: a civic virtue and responsibility that fueled the country?s founders.

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