![]() At sum, Sirota does something that highlights a culture of narcissism in the 1980s that explains the United States in the first decade of the twenty-first century.Ĭlearly David Sirota is on to something. imperialism, and the problem of race and racism may be traced to the experience of politics and culture in the 1980s. ![]() It argues the thesis, in the words of author David Sirota, that “the 1980s-and specifically 1980s pop culture-frames the way we think about major issues today.” Rather grandiosely he asserts, “the decade is the lens through which we see our world.” Sirota insists that modern American questioning of government, the winner-take-all individualism, the rise of greed and individual priorities at the expense of the commons, the concept of “rogue” actors who takes matters into their own hands, the nature of militarism and its support for U.S. In many respects Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now is an exceptionally interesting book. Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now. ![]()
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