Now, in How the Right Lost Its Mind, Sykes presents an impassioned, regretful, and deeply thoughtful account of how the American conservative movement came to lose its values. How did a movement that was defined by its belief in limited government, individual liberty, free markets, traditional values, and civility find itself embracing bigotry, political intransigence, demagoguery, and falsehood? Mainstream conservatives now find themselves in need of a broad and introspective evaluation of what went wrong - and how to move forward and regain their core principles. How the Right Lost its Mind addresses:
*Why are so many voters so credulous and immune to factual information reported by responsible media?
*Why did conservatives decide to overlook, even embrace, so many of Trump's outrages, gaffes, conspiracy theories, falsehoods, and smears?
*Can conservatives govern? Or are they content to merely rage?
*How can the right recover its traditional values and persuade a new generation of their worth?
- ISBN10 1250199530
- ISBN13 9781250199539
- Publish Date 2 October 2018 (first published 3 October 2017)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 April 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English