Most of us are getting screwed over. Our world is defined by inequality, insecurity, lack of community and information overload. As the world burns, mega-corporations are reporting record profits. How are they getting away with it?
'Minority rule' is the term Ash Sarkar uses to describe the irrational fear that minorities are trying to overturn and oppress majority populations. In this eye-opening debut, she reveals instead how minority elites rule the majority of us by creating the culture wars that have taken over our politics, stoking fear and panic in our media landscape. Because, despite what they'll have you believe, anti-racist campaigners aren't actually silencing the 'forgotten' working class, immigrants aren't eating your pets, trans-activists aren't corrupting your children, and 'cancel culture' isn't crushing free speech.
In Minority Rule, Sarkar exposes how a strategic misdirection of blame over who is really screwing everything up is keeping us divided, while the real ruling minority of hedge-fund managers, press barons, landlords and corporations remain on top. And it's facilitating one of the biggest power grabs in history. Most crucially, Sarkar shows us how what we have in common is being concealed by a deafening culture of distraction - and that the first step towards a better future is in understanding how we got here.
Size: 242 x 161mm (Hardback with dust jacket)
Pages: 320
Publisher: Bloomsbury
