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This item will be released on June 20, 2023.

Kindle eBook free delivery. Free paperback book delivery for Prime members or $39 spend.

In light of recent events this might be a deal some might appreciate - grab it before it's full price! I looked at other online bookstores and didn't notice it at a cheaper price but happy for anyone to correct me.

Description:
Trump (or a Trumpist) could well win the 2024 US presidential election, and if he does, American democracy as we have known it will probably come to an end. Australia's best-informed commentator on US politics sends a chilling warning about the implications for Australia.

What if Trump (or a Trump-like candidate) becomes US president in 2024?

Leading expert and US and Australian politics insider Bruce Wolpe reveals the many ways in which Australia was damaged by Donald Trump's presidency. Seeping into Australia from above and below, Trumpism contaminated public debate, emboldened local political and religious extremists, diminished Australia's economy and international relations-and much more.

Wolpe predicts America's democracy won't survive a second Trump term. The implications for the world and for Australia are shocking. He explains how Australia can draw on its strengths to protect its democracy, economy and society from Trumpism, and where Australia is vulnerable and needs to build guardrails. He warns Australia might also face an existential question about ties with its most important ally.

'True, timely and terrifying' -Sean Kelly, author of The Game

'A timely warning and a potential survival guide' -John Barron, co-host ofPlanet America

'A forensic analysis of how President Donald Trump invaded Australia's politics and prospects' -Laura Tingle, ABC TV

'A must read for anyone who cares about Australian democracy' -Zoe Daniel, Independent MP for Goldstein

'This is a book you should read' - Natalie Barr, co-host of Sunrise

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  • Wiadro on 04/06/2023 - 00:09
    +13

    Should I buy 10 and use them as fire starter?

    • colblair on 04/06/2023 - 00:12
      +29

      Could do!
      I hear book burning is possibly back on the agenda in places like Florida.

        • donkcat on 04/06/2023 - 07:10
          +20

          You realize the books didn’t actually contain pornography right? It was just the label the right wing nutters put on the books to fight a cultural war.

          If only the rabid right in the US spent the same effort on gun control measures that prevent kids being shot in schools as cancelling books.

          • nickm on 04/06/2023 - 08:15
            +1

            @donkcat: Have you read the graphic novels? Do a quick google search but don't do it at work you don't want to lose your job.

            • donkcat on 04/06/2023 - 08:54
              +12

              @nickm: Here is the thing, pretty much all the examples to books of that nature weren't actually in school libraries, all those sexually explicit books republicans used didn't come from school libraries. The law didn't actually ban individual books, it just gave parents the right to have books banned from school libraries. Also there is a huge difference between books been read to students in primary school and books been available to read for high school students in a library (republicans tried to argue the former was happening when really it was the latter that was occurring).

              This is the issue with censorship, you have these conservative parent groups that had books like Nem Fox's Guess What? being banned for pornography because of this image here https://10play.com.au/ip/s3/2023/05/17/03c3477838975399a5eb1…
              and they could do this because it's so subjective (by design) that books that don't contain nudity but rather culturally diverse themes can be banned. It's something you would expect out of a communist state but it's happening in good old USA.

              • krunchymoses on 04/06/2023 - 14:53
                +1

                @donkcat: All of this over books in a library while hardcore porn of all persuasions is what's REALLY teaching kids about sexuality.

                You really gotta wonder why it's all about libraries and not online porn. Almost like there's an ulterior motive here…

                Absolute chuds. Critical gender theory has zero critical thought involved.

            • guo-au on 04/06/2023 - 14:55

              @nickm: Not yet. For example?

        • smartazz104 on 04/06/2023 - 07:16
          +18

          Libs? You’re right, people that vote LNP need to piss off.

        • ayoole on 04/06/2023 - 14:15
          +1

          Reciprocal action in one Utah school district is the banning of the Bible in grade schools, due to its extensive depictions of violence, slavery and sex.

          That's the trouble with censorship, it cuts both ways. Better to keep reading choices in the hands of parents, not governments.

          https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/bible-banned-from…

      • CJ31 on 04/06/2023 - 18:33

        Along with books from Dr Seuss, Roald Dahl and more.

    • CJ31 on 04/06/2023 - 18:40

      I wouldn't. The world is going to end according to this clown but there are cheaper and more environmentally friendly forms of paper. Recycling used books better. Maybe an old Kevin Rudd or John Howard bio, perhaps one of the several thousand written about Gough.

  • Dollarino on 04/06/2023 - 00:10
    +17

    grabs popcorn

  • Mattapie on 04/06/2023 - 00:13
    +1

    Another post to spark controversy I suppose.

  • soupratt on 04/06/2023 - 00:15
    +17

    The irony of believing people who though Australian state government mandates actually are a good thing, then crying about "democracy" and fanaticism.

      • soupratt on 04/06/2023 - 00:22
        +6

        How the "bin fire" working out for the US right now ?

          • soupratt on 04/06/2023 - 00:25
            +2

            @seamonkey: You weren't specific about which "bin fire" you were talking about

  • Cobalt_ on 04/06/2023 - 00:18
    +27

    I'm sure the book will be very balanced and nonpartisan. Just kidding…..

    About the author:

    Bruce Wolpe

    Non-Resident Senior Fellow, United States Studies Centre

    Bruce Wolpe is a Senior Fellow (non-resident) at the United States Studies Centre. Bruce is a regular contributor on US politics across media platforms in Australia. In recent years, Bruce has worked with the Democrats in Congress during President Barack Obama's first term, and on the staff of Prime Minister Julia Gillard. He has also served as the former PM's chief of staff.

    He is author of The Committee, a study of President Obama's legislative agenda in Congress (University of Michigan Press, 2018, 2d Edition September 2021). From 1998-2009, Bruce was a senior executive at Fairfax Media in Sydney. He is also the author of Lobbying Congress: How The System Works (Congressional Quarterly Books, 1990, 1996).

    Souce: https://www.ussc.edu.au/people/bruce-wolpe

    • soupratt on 04/06/2023 - 00:21
      +11

      They are just using the same Democrat propaganda to push through more media controls and reduce personal freedoms. And the Australian media is all ready to play dead.

    • shaibankek2 on 04/06/2023 - 00:21
      +4

      So he worked for the Dems, Julia Gillard and worked at Fairfax? Seems balanced to me.

      • soupratt on 04/06/2023 - 00:23
        +7

        You mean the dude who voted Democrat most of his life ? And the one person who actually belives in REAL free speech ? That guy ?

          • Gervais fanboy on 04/06/2023 - 00:39
            +7

            @seamonkey: There’s a pattern arising of you never responding to the point but always only replying with vaguery and smartarsery.
            Btw if you don’t have anything of substance to add or contribute, just maybe not say anything?
            Crazy, right?

              • Gervais fanboy on 04/06/2023 - 01:08
                +8

                @seamonkey:

                that I don't give a flying f&#&

                I mean you do care enough to have replied to me and others here when literally no one was even directly talking to you but sure, feel free to use the ‘I don’t care’ teenager tactic to weasel out of this one too.
                Cool Cool 👍🏻

    • krunchymoses on 04/06/2023 - 15:13

      You're absolutely right but nobody is reading this to change ideological perspectives. It's catnip for partisan hacks. Happens on both sides. Grist for the mill.

  • bob19 on 04/06/2023 - 00:21
    +23

    $26.25 for yet another BS book written by an author who is on the US Democrats payroll…
    What a bargain…
    Are there really some people who would want to pay for it?

    • hasher22 on 04/06/2023 - 00:27
      +14

      If there are people who idolise the Kardashians, then there are always people who would pay for such things

  • BlueDiesel on 04/06/2023 - 00:26
    +13

    Political BS

  • tkcrule on 04/06/2023 - 00:28
    +9

    Unless they pay me to read this book , how is this even a bargain ?

    • Gervais fanboy on 04/06/2023 - 00:32
      +18

      It used to cost $35 and now costs $26
      So technically, it’s a bargain

      No book is meant for everyone, you might not like it but some others might. It’s like any other ‘deal’ on this forum.

      • tkcrule on 04/06/2023 - 00:43
        +2

        Do you believe this book is worth $26 + the time to read it?

        I get this book isn’t for everyone , but this really sounds like a shxt deal

        • Gervais fanboy on 04/06/2023 - 00:49
          +8

          Do you believe this book is worth $26

          I think it’s worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.
          My feelings about it are merely subjective tbh.

    • Gervais fanboy on 04/06/2023 - 00:43

      eCoChAmBeR LiB
      wOrDs aRe vIoLeNcE

      • BoltThrower on 04/06/2023 - 00:48
        +7

        Dude, you're going to miss out on those facemask bargains.

  • Nubbin on 04/06/2023 - 00:44
    +26

    If Trump is elected, American democracy will end and Australia should consider cutting ties with the US entirely - the author doesn't sound deranged at all.

    • smartazz104 on 04/06/2023 - 07:18
      +1

      About as deranged as Trump himself.

    • tonyjzx on 04/06/2023 - 13:51
      +1

      i mean tbf trump did try very hard on that point

      jan 6 anyone? and lets not get into the regular election irregularites

    • vash5 on 04/06/2023 - 17:26

      If Trump is elected, American democracy will end and Australia should consider cutting ties with the US entirely

      You say that, but Biden has done more in 2yrs to break apart the country than the entirety of the Trump presidency.

      • closer now to ww3 then ever before
      • inflation is Bananas
      • the country is being flooded (and that's be polite) with illegal immigration that supports trafficking
      • spending is at ridiculous Levels
      • Afganistans was a new level of incompetency

      All the things you feared a trump presidency would bring has been done under Biden and worse.. how is it that you have failed to see this?

      • jackspratt on 04/06/2023 - 18:41
        +2

        I saw Jan 6, including the 5 years that lead-up to it.

        It couldn't be any more fearful than that.

        • vash5 on 05/06/2023 - 00:21
          -2

          You saw??

          How?? The footage was only released not long ago.

          Are you talking about whats on the news?

  • BargainGeezer on 04/06/2023 - 00:49
    +23

    Trump is trash, but I’m not interested in some Obama era neoliberal loser telling me that - this kind of dumbass is the exact reason a ‘Trump’ exists in the first place.

    Things keep getting worse for working people. Wow, huge surprise those same people will vote for someone that allows them to give the finger to the establishment.

    Just let the culture war garbage continue. Keep idiots (both conservatives and liberals) distracted with ‘woke’ stuff pushed by massive corporations that don’t pay enough tax and destroy the environment.

  • Lets Go Brandon on 04/06/2023 - 00:53
    +1

    If Lee Harvey Oswald was around today he'd place this book on the floor in the vicinity of Joe Biden.

  • wrjcu on 04/06/2023 - 01:03
    +3

    I expected more crazy people in here being unhinged but so far only 1, but they are replying alot.

  • bibekl on 04/06/2023 - 01:22

    😂😂😂

  • Gervais fanboy on 04/06/2023 - 01:32
    +4

    This was Posted over an hour ago
    15 votes on it so far
    50+ comments on it already

    And yet 0 takedown reports so far.
    Hmmm, seems like there’s only one certain group of people that attempts all the censorship efforts around here and they all just seem to go easy on this one, probably coz they happen to agree with this one..

    (I hope they don’t start reporting it now just to prove me wrong lol)

    • tomsco on 04/06/2023 - 06:48
      +1

      I don’t care for either, I read a few comments and move on.

  • pharcyde on 04/06/2023 - 01:39

    Utter tripe

  • Iwantthebestprice on 04/06/2023 - 01:41
    +4

    While I hate inflammatory politics, when trump won America did not crumble, and if he wins again America will not crumble. America and what they stand for is bigger than Trump.

    • jackspratt on 04/06/2023 - 01:52
      +7

      What is your level of confidence it could withstand another January 6?

      • thurston4pm on 04/06/2023 - 08:13
        +4

        I'm sure they'll be able to fix a few broken windows again.

        • beatsntoons on 04/06/2023 - 10:32
          -1

          Sort of disrespectful to those that actually lost their lives on that day

          • unity1 on 04/06/2023 - 12:59
            +4

            @beatsntoons: Only person who lost their lives on the day was an unarmed protester shot dead by a security official.

          • Gervais fanboy on 04/06/2023 - 16:19

            @beatsntoons: And you wonder why no one takes you lost seriously?

            Hahhaha, no one died that day. Biden lies, media lies and the libs come and regurgitate that same tripe.
            One officer that was working on the day, died after a week or something due to a pre existing medical condition.
            Biden - Police officers died on Jan 6 🤦🏻‍♂️

            • beatsntoons on 04/06/2023 - 17:08
              -2

              @Gervais fanboy: Presume you mean “lot” not “lost” but what lot is that? Curious what your take is of my “lot” on the back of one comment.

              This is sadly where the world is. Attacking each other and you know nothing about me.

              • Gervais fanboy on 04/06/2023 - 17:17
                +2

                @beatsntoons:

                mean “lot” not “lost”

                Thanks for the spell check

                what your take is of my “lot

                And I thought you’d never ask.
                The ‘lot’ that only listens to one source of information coz it helps them to reinforce their own biases and then does one better by spreading that same ‘disinformation’ so confidently publicly.
                Now Ofcos, you could have been a man of virtue that deeply cares about the truth but was unfortunately just misled on this one solitary issue. That happens too..
                But you’ve just proven that you are not that person coz you just replied to me cribbing over semantics rather than the falsehood that you just shared above.
                If you really cared, you would have discussed the subject and not sneakily digress from it. A ‘man of virtue’ would have just apologised for lying about something soo serious.

                So I say ‘you lot’

          • Spets on 04/06/2023 - 18:03
            +1

            @beatsntoons: Who died besides one protestor?

          • thurston4pm on 04/06/2023 - 22:05
            +1

            @beatsntoons: You are parroting proven lies? C'mon man!

          • Meconium on 08/06/2023 - 08:48

            @beatsntoons: I walked through blood and bone on the streets of Washington DC that day, hoping to find my brother. Turns out he was in northern Canada

        • vash5 on 04/06/2023 - 17:30

          I'm sure they'll be able to fix a few broken windows again.

          Try tell that to bat crazy AOC 🤣 makes up a story about fearing for her life 1hr before the beach even happened.

      • Spets on 04/06/2023 - 12:24
        +1

        If you believe in J6 was a proper insurrection have I got a bridge to sell you. You see the videos of cops literally opening the doors and letting people in on tours right? Funny how the media doesnt show those

        • jackspratt on 04/06/2023 - 12:57

          The "media" being the lying hypocrite Tucker Carlson I guess.

          Perhaps you could sell your bridge to the guy who just got 18 years, or the 450+ who have been convicted, and many jailed.

          Or even the 500+ yet to be adjudicated.

          • Spets on 04/06/2023 - 13:21
            +2

            @jackspratt: Serves them right to be jailed. They did break the law by entering the capitol. But they were let in. They didn’t storm the gates like the media makes you believe. The doors were opened and they chose to break the law. It was all orchestrated.

            • jackspratt on 04/06/2023 - 14:41

              @Spets: So the ones smashing the exterior windows, and scaling the walls - I couldn't see any "escorts" in that footage.

              Were they there for the Day Tour?

              Open your eyes ….. and your mind.

              • Spets on 04/06/2023 - 15:14
                +3

                @jackspratt: Who opened the magnetic locked front doors for them? Who let them in past barricades? It wasn’t some locust swarm of far right terrorists like they make you believe. Notice how there’s no cohesive footage just 10-30 second snippets.

          • thurston4pm on 04/06/2023 - 17:23
            +3

            @jackspratt: Wow. You've got it bad.

            • jackspratt on 04/06/2023 - 18:51

              @thurston4pm:

              Wow. You've got it bad.

              Well, that vacuous comment advanced the discussion a fair way.

        • unity1 on 04/06/2023 - 13:09
          +3

          Don’t you love how the media and everyone else was painting Qanon Sharman as the face of the insurrection. Then when video footage was released showing he was basically being escorted by a couple of Capital police officers, he was soon after released from prison.

          Too many people trust the news.

        • hack on 04/06/2023 - 15:21
          +2

          and the militias going in in military file ? and the ones who stored masses of weaponry across the river for when it went tits up ?
          yea thats right, the ones that have just been sentenced to 18 and 12 years in pokey. No insurrection ? save it

      • CJ31 on 04/06/2023 - 18:46

        Why would there be another January 6? Trump can't run for a third term so if we wins another term he'll be doing victory laps for 4 years and rubbing in people's places. He won't give a**** who wins after that.

        If he loses again the democrats will be in the Whitehouse to kick protesters butts. Republicans will turn on him.

        Let hope Trump loses and is never seen again but if he wins America with keep rolling on despite the TDS hysteria.

        • blackfrancis75 on 04/06/2023 - 18:56
          +1

          It could happen if he loses in 2024 again, and doesn't accept it again. Literally the exact same set of circumstances as in 2020.
          The simple fact that Democrats have the incumbent President won't stop it

          • CJ31 on 04/06/2023 - 19:11

            @blackfrancis75: Really? You think Democrat won't call in the national guard as a precaution given Jan 6. You don't think Jan 6 idiots going to jail will deter them?

  • Damonator84 on 04/06/2023 - 01:47
    +1

    What Bob said below, and this is democratic propaganda

    $26.25 for yet another BS book written by an author who is on the US Democrats payroll…
    What a bargain…
    Are there really some people who would want to pay for it?

  • jackspratt on 04/06/2023 - 01:58
    +2

    If it comes out as a comic edition, the Bloated Orange Bullshitter could read this in his cell in Rikers.

    • smartazz104 on 04/06/2023 - 07:19
      +5

      You’re making the MAGAts cry.

  • jaffar on 04/06/2023 - 01:59
    -1

    This is dumb. Thanks mods

  • Lets Go Brandon on 04/06/2023 - 02:55
    +2

    TRUMP 24

    FJB

    • smartazz104 on 04/06/2023 - 07:19

      Comedy.

    • vash5 on 04/06/2023 - 17:33
      +1

      TRUMP 24

      FJB

      👌

  • franco cozzo on 04/06/2023 - 03:21
    +1

    so…..make australia great again?

    • vash5 on 04/06/2023 - 17:34
      +2

      If only.. the lefties are in pwr atm

      • franco cozzo on 04/06/2023 - 17:41

        liberal labour… doesnt seem to make a (profanity) difference. although now seems particularly worse than anytime before…

        • vash5 on 04/06/2023 - 17:54
          +2

          Bad is an understatement..

          You seen this shitshow in Vic?

          https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11101415/amp/Parent…

          • jackspratt on 04/06/2023 - 22:58

            @vash5: The Daily Mail is a shitshow across the world, not just Victoria.

            From the article you link:

            'Medical and psychological treatments undertaken in line with professional standards and that are necessary in a health service provider's reasonable professional judgement remain legal,' the spokesperson said.

            • vash5 on 05/06/2023 - 00:15

              @jackspratt: 1st..

              You failed to address the shitshow

              2nd..

              What is the point of your quote? Its a word salad that states we set the standards so the new law will now ed hear to our decrees.

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