The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic Book

A Note About This Book 1

Introduction: The Importance of Moral Frames 3

I The Basics 11

1 Politics and Morals 13

2 What Are Moral Values? 16

3 Is Unity Possible? 25

4 The Political Brain: Cascades 29

5 Your Language 37

II The Epidemic of Extreme Conservatism 45

6 What Is Extreme Conservatism? 47

7 Consequences of the Extreme Strict Father Model 50

8 The Four Effects of Extreme Conservatism 53

III Ideas We Need 59

9 Maintaining Democracy 61

10 The Public 64

11 The Shift from Public to Corporate Government 67

12 Corporations Govern Your Life 71

13 Predatory Privatization 76

14 Workers Are Profit Creators 83

15 Public Education Benefits All and Protects Freedom 86

16 Rethinking Food 90

17 Systemic Effects in Nature and Economics 96

18 An Infrastructure for Eternal Energy 103

IV A Phrasebook for Democrats 109

19 The Economy and the Public 111

20 Family Freedom 123

21 Social Darwinism 127

Afterword 133

Notes 135

Acknowledgments 141