Instant New York Times bestseller
âHoward Zinn on acid or some bullsh*t like that.â âTim Heidecker
The creators of the cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House deliver a manifesto for everyone who feels orphaned and alienatedâpolitically, culturally, and economicallyâby the lanyard-wearing Wall Street centrism of the left and the lizard-brained atavism of the right: there is a better way, the Chapo Way.
In a guide that reads like âa weirder, smarter, and deliciously meaner version of The Daily Showâs 2004 America (The Book)â (Paste), Chapo Trap House shows you that you donât have to side with either sinking ships. These self-described âassholes from the internetâ offer a fully ironic ideology for all who feel politically hopeless and prefer broadsides and tirades to reasoned debate.
Learn the âsecretâ history of the world, politics, media, and everything in-between that THEY donât want you to know and chart a course from our wretched present to a utopian future where one can post in the morning, game in the afternoon, and podcast after dinner without ever becoming a poster, gamer, or podcaster.
A book thatâs âas intellectually serious and analytically original as it is irreverent and funnyâ (Glenn Greenwald, New York Times bestselling author of No Place to Hide) The Chapo Guide to Revolution features illustrated taxonomies of contemporary liberal and conservative characters, biographies of important thought leaders, ânever before seenâ drafts of Aaron Sorkinâs Newsroom manga, and the ten new laws that govern Chapo Year Zero (everyone gets a dog, billionaires are turned into Soylent, and logic is outlawed). If youâre a fan of sacred cows, prisoners being taken, and holds being barred, then this book is NOT for you. However, if you feel disenfranchised from the political and cultural nightmare weâre in, then Chapo, letâs goâŚ