"Restoring the American Dream is a timeless classic, right up there with Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged and F.A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom. Written in Robert Ringer's trademark easy-to-understand style, it presents an irrefutable case for both the moral and economic superiority of liberty." Arthur B. Laffer, PhD" "With Washington growing bigger and bigger by the day and distancing itself further and further from our precious Constitution and founding principles, the timing could not be better for Robert Ringer's classic Restoring the American Dream. What a gift this important work is to a nation yearning for liberty and freedom." Michele Bachmann, United States Congresswoman (R-Minnesota)" "When Robert Ringer first wrote Restoring the American Dream, he courageously challenged readers to return to the core American values of the primacy of the individual and the necessity for fidelity to the constitutional limitations on the powers of the government. He was right on the mark then and he is right on the mark now. In his new edition of this timeless book, he brilliantly makes the case that freedom is the default position in human affairs." Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Fox News" "When Robert Ringer's classic Restoring the American Dream was first published, it introduced millions to the philosophy of natural law and private property rights that provide the moral basis for the free society. It is good to see this important work updated and revised for a new generation." Ron Paul, United States Congressman (R-Texas)" "Restoring the American Dream could transfuse a new generation with love and respect for the individual. This vital book arrives not a moment too soon. Robert Ringer will be read for generations to come. But Restoring the American Dream is needed right now, when liberty is under siege, when the future of the nation is in doubt, and when what is good in the soul of man can still heed Ringer's call to action." Dr. Keith Ahlow, author of Living the Truth: Transform Your life" "Through the Power of Insight and Honesty "In this classic text, in lucid prose, Robert Ringer lays out the basic principles of a free society. It is these principles that made the American dream a reality. And it is these principles by which it can be restored." David Horowitz, founder, David Horowitz Freedom Center" "In his 1979 landmark book Restoring the American Dream, Robert Ringer wrote of the pressing need for Americans to reclaim their God-given liberties. Now, in this completely revised and updated edition Restoring the American Dream: The Defining Voice in the Movement for Liberty Ringer's message is more relevant today than it was thirty years ago. In these pages, he covers such critical issues as:" "The only legitimate functions of government" "The internal decay of Western culture and how it has resulted in the United States devolving into a moral cesspool" "The economics of "nothingism" (socialism) and the evils of redistribution of wealth" "How government pits members of the middle class against each other" "Why the Selective Service System is a travesty on human rights" "Why the right to bear arms should be defended to the bitter end" "Why all tax cuts are nothing more than illusions" "The relentless push by today's progressives to create a totalitarian utopia of Washington-administered "benefits" and "rights" The Founding Fathers believed that people possess a natural right to sovereignty over their own lives and that government has no right to interfere with that sovereignty. In that tradition, the author makes it clear that the American Dream is not about government benefits and government-created "rights." It's about individualism, self-responsibility, and personal freedom. It's about people being above government, the principle upon which this country was founded. In Robert Ringer's candid, easy-tounderstand style, Restoring the American Dream explains what people must do to take back America and preserve the American Dream for our children and grandchildren.
ROBERT RINGER is the author of three #1 bestsellers and a columnist for WorldNetDaily. He also publishes the pro-liberty e-letter A Voice of Sanity in an Insane World and hosts the highly acclaimed Liberty Education Interview Series, which features interviews with top political, economic, and social leaders. Long before the advent of conservative talk radio, Ringer became an outspoken advocate for the cause of freedom and free enterprise. He has appeared on numerous national talk shows and has been the subject of feature articles in such major publications as Time, People, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Barron's, and the New York Times
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这本书的叙事结构处理得相当精妙,它摒弃了传统传记或编年史的线性叙事,转而采用了一种更加碎片化、多声部的复调式结构。这种处理方式,极大地增强了阅读的层次感和解读的开放性。我感觉自己像是一个身处巨大历史迷宫中的探险者,通过阅读不同的“声音”——包括那些被主流历史叙事所忽略的边缘群体的声音——逐渐拼凑出那个时代的完整图景。作者在引用文献和历史档案时的那种克制与精准,体现了极高的学术素养,但最打动人的是,他总能找到将冰冷的史料与热烈的人类情感连接起来的桥梁。其中有一章节,专门探讨了某个特定技术发明在社区内引发的伦理争论,作者将各方观点呈现得旗鼓相当,不偏不倚,这使得读者不得不主动去参与这场思想的辩论。这种强迫读者主动思考的写作手法,远比单向灌输知识来得有效得多。读完后,我发现自己对“既定事实”的概念产生了极大的怀疑,开始审视那些看似天经地义的社会共识,究竟是如何在历史的某个拐点被建构起来的。
评分这本书最让我感到惊艳的地方,在于其对“空间”和“物质文化”的细致考察。作者没有将焦点仅仅放在政治宣言或经济指标上,而是深入到人们日常生活的物质载体之中,去发掘隐藏在家具、建筑风格乃至日常消费品背后的文化密码。他通过对某一时期流行的家居设计趋势的分析,揭示了中产阶级崛起过程中,对“秩序”和“体面”的集体焦虑与追求。这种自下而上的历史解读视角,为我们理解社会变迁提供了一个全新的、极富触感的维度。我特别喜欢其中关于“社区公共空间”消亡的论述,作者对比了转型前后的邻里互动模式,那种对人与人之间自然生成关系的缅怀与惋惜,通过对具体场景的描绘,变得无比真实可感。读完后,我再看我们周围那些标准化、同质化的现代空间时,便会多了一层审视的目光,思考在这些空间里,我们究竟是更“有效率”了,还是更“疏离”了。
评分这本讲述历史变迁与社会思潮的著作,给我带来了极大的触动。作者以一种近乎诗意的笔触,描绘了特定历史时期下,人们对于“美好生活”的集体想象与追求。书中对早期工业化浪潮中,个体在巨大变革面前所展现出的韧性与迷茫,刻画得入木三分。我尤其欣赏作者在叙事中巧妙地穿插了大量详实的社会调查数据和一手访谈记录,使得那些宏大的历史叙事瞬间变得有血有肉。比如,书中对某个中西部小镇居民在经济结构转型过程中的日常生活细节的描摹,那种细微的情感波动,那种对未来不确定性的集体焦虑,通过文字的力量扑面而来,让人仿佛能闻到那个年代特有的尘土和汗水的味道。它并非仅仅是对过去事件的简单罗列,更像是一面镜子,映照出我们当下社会在面对快速发展时,那些似曾相识的困境与挣扎。阅读过程中,我时常需要停下来,沉思许久,反思自己对“进步”二字的理解是否过于片面,以及在追求物质丰裕的同时,我们是否无意中遗失了某些更为珍贵、更具人文关怀的东西。这本书的深度,在于它能引发你对自身所处时代的深刻反思,而非仅仅停留在对历史的猎奇或怀旧。
评分坦率地说,这本书的语言风格是极其沉郁且充满哲思的,它绝非轻松的消遣读物。作者的文字密度极高,充满了复杂的长句和精炼的隐喻,要求读者必须全神贯注地投入阅读。我必须承认,在某些探讨社会结构深层矛盾的部分,我需要反复阅读好几遍才能完全领会其间的微妙含义。然而,正是这种挑战性,带来了巨大的阅读回报。它就像一位技艺精湛的雕塑家,用最坚硬的石材,雕刻出最细腻的情感纹理。书中对“理想”与“现实”之间那道永恒鸿沟的剖析,尤为深刻。作者并没有提供廉价的安慰或简单的解决方案,相反,他将那个时代的复杂性、矛盾性,赤裸裸地呈现在我们眼前,迫使我们直面人性的局限与历史的沉重。对于那些习惯于快餐式阅读的人来说,这本书可能会显得有些“劝退”,但对于真正渴望深入理解人类社会运作底层逻辑的求知者而言,这无疑是一次思想上的洗礼。
评分这本书展现了一种罕见的宏大叙事能力,但其魅力恰恰在于,它总能将最宏大的主题,最终落脚于最微小的个体体验之上。作者在叙述跨越数十年的社会变革时,始终没有忘记那些被时代洪流裹挟的普通人。他成功地将历史的“大河”与个人的“溪流”编织在一起,使得阅读体验既有史诗般的厚重感,又不失人性的温度。书中对于几次关键性社会运动的描述,摒弃了传统的英雄主义叙事,转而聚焦于那些在运动中起到关键作用的、往往是无名小卒的普通市民,他们的犹豫、他们的抉择、他们的退缩与坚持,构成了最真实的历史肌理。这种对“平凡英雄”的挖掘,极大地提升了本书的文学价值和人文关怀。它提醒我们,历史的真正驱动力,或许就蕴藏在千千万万个不被注意的日常决定之中,这种视角转变,让人茅塞顿开,也让人对“个体责任”有了更深层次的理解。
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