Born on Third Base
Born On Third Base Blog Post
I am very conflicted with my opinions of this book. In terms of the writing style, I think he is a great storyteller and for the most part it is easy to understand his goal in each sentence and paragraph but he seems to love certain words that I wouldn't define as "plain English" which I have to look up the definition to fully understand the point he is trying to make. One of my favorite parts of what I have read of the book is his use of outside sources and quotes. He cites a lot of other writers in his genre such as Nader and Frank and gives you both their takes and his spin on it. One quote in particular that intrigued me was, "Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." He was a very interesting view of the rich from his insider perspective. The part that confused me the most at the beginning of this book was his explanation of the two types of guilt and claiming his does not suffer from self-hating guilt as someone who is a trust fund baby yet his actions of giving away his money at age 26 seem to indicate self-hating guilt.
I also found it very interesting to read about his take on the regressive versus progressive movements and took a lot of time to think about those movements and where they are today. I feel as though the change in presidents from Obama to Trump is the ultimate example of middle America shifting away from regressive thinking and blaming rich and pointing it to immigrants and certain racial and religious minorities as Trump preaches these progressive ideologies. I find it very interesting how he attacks the issue of how to reach the rich and how he takes Frank's system of Richistan. As I read through it I pictured which sect my family falls into and found his description of these people to be very accurate. Although in his explanation of Richistan he does not offer any solutions, I appreciate him showing the importance of understanding different groups of people in order to create different strategies to reach these different groups of thinkings and upbringings.
I am very conflicted with my opinions of this book. In terms of the writing style, I think he is a great storyteller and for the most part it is easy to understand his goal in each sentence and paragraph but he seems to love certain words that I wouldn't define as "plain English" which I have to look up the definition to fully understand the point he is trying to make. One of my favorite parts of what I have read of the book is his use of outside sources and quotes. He cites a lot of other writers in his genre such as Nader and Frank and gives you both their takes and his spin on it. One quote in particular that intrigued me was, "Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." He was a very interesting view of the rich from his insider perspective. The part that confused me the most at the beginning of this book was his explanation of the two types of guilt and claiming his does not suffer from self-hating guilt as someone who is a trust fund baby yet his actions of giving away his money at age 26 seem to indicate self-hating guilt.
I also found it very interesting to read about his take on the regressive versus progressive movements and took a lot of time to think about those movements and where they are today. I feel as though the change in presidents from Obama to Trump is the ultimate example of middle America shifting away from regressive thinking and blaming rich and pointing it to immigrants and certain racial and religious minorities as Trump preaches these progressive ideologies. I find it very interesting how he attacks the issue of how to reach the rich and how he takes Frank's system of Richistan. As I read through it I pictured which sect my family falls into and found his description of these people to be very accurate. Although in his explanation of Richistan he does not offer any solutions, I appreciate him showing the importance of understanding different groups of people in order to create different strategies to reach these different groups of thinkings and upbringings.
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