Creating freedom
Subtitle: the lottery of birth, the illusion of consent, and the fight for our future
By: Raoul Martinez
Edition: First United States edition.
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780307911643; 9780804170512
Subjects: Liberty
Description: Raoul Martinez brings together ideas, facts, and arguments to dismantle sacred myths central to our society--myths about free will, free markets, free media, and free elections. From the lottery of our birth to the consent-manufacturing influence of concentrated power, this book exposes the mechanisms of control that pervade our lives. Although we are far less free than we like to think, freedom is something we can create together. In fact, our very survival may depend on our doing so.--Adapted from jacket flap.
Notes: Various imprints.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-473) and index.
Table of contents: title: The lottery of birth. Luck; title: Punishment; title: Reward; title: The illusion of consent. Control; title: Elections; title: Markets; title: Media; title: The fight for our freedom. Creativity; title: Knowledge; title: Power; title: Survival; title: Empathy.