the-fractured-republic
Best Thing: Many reviewers appreciate the book's insightful analysis of how societal cohesion can coexist with individuality, emphasizing the importance of middle layers in a fractured society. Worst Thing: Some critics argue that the book can be overly optimistic, lacking a concrete plan for addressing the challenges of fragmentation in contemporary society.
- Summary: not about individualism or nation, but the middle layers that let us have cohesion and individuality; let’s fracturing work for us
- We are blinded by nostalgia - think we had the right approach before and need to ‘return’ to that