The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic

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George Lakoff Elisabeth Wehling The little blue book how to think and talk Democratic Free Press (2012) Cover......Page 2 Description......Page 3 About George Lakoff and Elisabeth Wehling......Page 5 Title Page......Page 11 Copyright Page......Page 12 Dedication......Page 14 A Note About this Book......Page 18 Introduction: The Importance of Moral Frames......Page 20 Part I: The Basics......Page 28 Chapter 1. Politics and Morals......Page 30 Chapter 2. What Are Moral Values?......Page 33 Chapter 3. Is Unity Possible?......Page 41 Chapter 4. The Political Brain: Cascades......Page 45 Chapter 5. Your Language......Page 53 Part II: The Epidemic of Extreme Conservatism......Page 60 Chapter 6. What Is Extreme Conservatism?......Page 62 Chapter 7. Consequences of the Extreme Strict Father Model......Page 65 Chapter 8. The Four Effects of Extreme Conservatism......Page 67 Part III: Ideas We Need......Page 73 Chapter 9. Maintaining Democracy......Page 75 Chapter 10. The Public......Page 78 Chapter 11. The Shift from Public to Corporate Government......Page 81 Chapter 12. Corporations Govern Your Life......Page 85 Chapter 13. Predatory Privatization......Page 90 Chapter 14. Workers Are Profit Creators......Page 97 Chapter 15. Public Education Benefits All and Protects Freedom......Page 100 Chapter 16. Rethinking Food......Page 103 Chapter 17. Systemic Effects in Nature and Economics......Page 109 Chapter 18. An Infrastructure for Eternal Energy......Page 116 Part IV: A Phrasebook for Democrats......Page 120 Chapter 19. The Economy and the Public......Page 122 Chapter 20. Family Freedom......Page 132 Chapter 21. Social Darwinism......Page 136 Afterword......Page 141 Notes......Page 142 Acknowledgments......Page 149