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A Nation of Victims: The Decay of the American Character
A Nation of Victims The Decay of the American Character
Author: Charles J. Sykes
The author of Profscam, the acclaimed treatise on higher education, offers a witty, incisive and intellectually pugnacious work on victimization. Sykes reveals a society that is tribalizing, where individuals and groups are defined not by shared culture, but solely by their status as victims in an ever-escalating grab for attention, sympathy, mo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312082970
ISBN-10: 0312082975
Publication Date: 9/1992
Pages: 289
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Publisher: St Martins Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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I'm Doug. I'm Wendy. We're Doug and Wendy Whiner! Remember those two "Saturday Night Live" characters? They and a cast of a thousand come to life in Charles Sykes' book. Why take responsibility for being fat when you can blame the food companies? Have a crappy job because you didn't go to college? Don't knock yourself out; blame the entertainment industry for your poor grades. If it wasn't for PS2, Nintendo, movies, music videos, television, etc., you would've gotten good grades. We've essentially become a society of slackers, blaming everyone else for our misfortunes except ourselves. Because if we did that, then we'd be admitting our guilt!


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