{"product_id":"them-why-we-hate-each-other-and-how-to-heal","title":"Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal","description":"* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *\n\nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing American Adult, an intimate and urgent assessment of the existential crisis facing our nation.\n\nSomething is wrong. We all know it.\n\nAmerican life expectancy is declining for a third straight year. Birth rates are dropping. Nearly half of us think the other political party isn’t just wrong; they’re evil. We’re the richest country in history, but we’ve never been more pessimistic.\n\nWhat’s causing the despair?\n\nIn Them, bestselling author and U.S. senator Ben Sasse argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, our crisis isn’t really about politics. It’s that we’re so lonely we can’t see straight―and it bubbles out as anger.\n\nLocal communities are collapsing. Across the nation, little leagues are disappearing, Rotary clubs are dwindling, and in all likelihood, we don’t know the neighbor two doors down. Work isn’t what we’d hoped: less certainty, few lifelong coworkers, shallow purpose. Stable families and enduring friendships―life’s fundamental pillars―are in statistical freefall.\n\nAs traditional tribes of place evaporate, we rally against common enemies so we can feel part of a team. No institutions command widespread public trust, enabling foreign intelligence agencies to use technology to pick the scabs on our toxic divisions. We’re in danger of half of us believing different facts than the other half, and the digital revolution throws gas on the fire.\n\nThere’s a path forward―but reversing our decline requires something radical: a rediscovery of real places and human-to-human relationships. Even as technology nudges us to become rootless, Sasse shows how only a recovery of rootedness can heal our lonely souls.\n\nAmerica wants you to be happy, but more urgently, America needs you to love your neighbor and connect with your community. Fixing what's wrong with the country depends on it.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250193680\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1250193680.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Sasse, Ben\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43323032469565,"sku":"BVV.1250193680.VG","price":6.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1250193680-0.jpg?v=1783199233","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/them-why-we-hate-each-other-and-how-to-heal","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}