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Hillbilly Elegy

If Books Could Kill

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Introduction

The subtitle of hillbilly elegy is a memoir of a family and culture in crisis. The book made the argument that we have to understand rural whites so that they can run for senate and take our rights away. What makes this book pernicious, what makes it a good book for a podcast is that when it came out in 2016, it was a sensation among mainstream liberals.

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