Title: American Apocalypse: Some Thoughts on the Rise of Fascism and the Betrayal of Democracy 1971-2020
Author: M.G. Montpelier
Publisher: XlibrisUS
ISBN: 9781669806608
Pages: 130
Genre: Political Science, Democracy
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
Pacific Book Review
American Apocalypse: Some Thoughts on the Rise of Fascism and the Betrayal of Democracy 1971-2020 is a concise and detailed epitome which looks at the last 50 years of Republican rule that has usurped the people’s sovereignty in a final bid to control its citizenry.
Author M. G. Montpelier takes readers through a step-by-step awareness process of how the rule of democracy/law has undermined equality and freedom. He mentions, for example, how the parliamentarians retracted the rule of law and oversight accountability through the liberalization of finance, business, politics, and the media.
Montpelier provides a fascinating and insightful analysis. He believes that unless a representative government represents the people, it is not a representative government at all. Further, the book points to the fact that America has been subjected to perverted ingenuity to seem to give the people full power and at the same times trick them out of it.
The book also looks at different sectors of the economy such as the health sector and the lack of sitting governments over the years to respond with collective action. It further suggests possible remedies for the nation’s political divide on a sociodemographic level. With a keen aim of shining a light on America’s present struggles, their origin, and possible solutions, American Apocalypse: Some Thoughts on the Rise of Fascism and the Betrayal of Democracy 1971-2020 is a timely treatise. Also, the text is infused with great examples of fictional short stories, quotes from notable personalities, poems from the author himself, and citations from different sources along with empirical evidence. These provide a crucial springboard for the justification of the book’s arguments.
Although partisan in most of the viewpoints he brings forward, Montpelier’s writing is crisp, wide in scope and elegant, and readers who agree with his thoughts will appreciate the reigning fortitude of certitude in the text. Indeed, American Apocalypse: Some Thoughts on the Rise of Fascism and the Betrayal of Democracy 1971-2020 is a viande for political analysts and observers alike as it boldly scrutinizes the last 50 years of Republican rule.
