We Do Our Part

The legendary editor who founded the Washington Monthly explores "the resentful, unequal, uncaring parts of today's American culture that Trump has inflamed and that have made Trump possible--and how to cope with them" (The Atlantic).

Foreword by Jon Meacham

With clarity and wit, the legendary editor Charles Peters explains the chasm that defines us today: the split between the educated elite and the working-class, rural, and religious voters who live in what's condescendingly--but tellingly--known as flyover country.

The beginning of the end of Trumpism will come when blue-state sophisticates confront their role in creating the political, economic, and cultural resentments that propelled the forty-fifth president into office. Too many Democrats lost touch with the average American, Peters argues, when the liberal elite became more concerned with being smarter, having better taste, and making more money than with understanding why workers were earning less and hated being regarded with contempt. It was this hatred of being looked down on as bigoted boobs in polyester that united working-class, rural, and evangelical voters, and helped set the stage for the culturally populist backlash of 2016 and beyond.

In We Do Our Part, Peters shows us where we have been and where we are going, drawing on his invaluable perspective as a man who has seen America's better days and still believes in the promise that lies ahead.

Praise for We Do Our Part

"[Peters] weaves a synthesis of mainstream and progressive, centrist and popular thought that would re-anchor the Democratic Party, both in its own traditions and in outreach to the restless, angry swath of the country that elected President Trump. . . . Peters is an American original."--The Washington Post

"A great book about modern American history."--Chris Matthews, Hardball

Legendarul editor care a fondat Washington Monthly exploreaza „partile resentimentare, inegale, indiferente ale culturii americane de azi pe care Trump le-a inflamat si care l-au facut posibil pe Trump - si cum sa le faca fata” (The Atlantic). Cuvant inainte de Jon Meacham Cu claritate si, din punct de vedere intelectual, legendarul editor Charles Peters explica prapastia care ne defineste astazi: impartirea dintre elita educata si alegatorii muncitorilor, rurali si religiosi care traiesc in ceea ce este condescendent - dar clar - cunoscut sub numele de tara de zbor. inceputul sfarsitului Trumpismului va veni atunci cand sofisticatele statului albastru isi vor confrunta rolul in crearea resentimentelor politice, economice si culturale care l-au propulsat pe cel de-al patruzeci si cinci de presedinte in functie.