{"product_id":"country-of-lords-neo-aristocrats-social-darwinists-tech-utopians-and-the-long-fight-against-equality-in-america","title":"Country of Lords - Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kim Phillips-fein\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by W. W. Norton, Incorporated, 2026-07-21\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe think of the United States as a nation committed, at least on paper, to ideals of human equality, under God and\/or under the law. But as robust as the notion of the \"American dream\" is a longstanding defense of social hierarchies, including vast gulfs between rich and poor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on forgotten characters and neglected archives, Kim Phillips-Fein tells the story of the executives, intellectuals, and political leaders who have argued that the words of the Declaration of Independence--that \"all men are created equal\"--are a myth. John Adams, William Graham Sumner, Andrew Carnegie, journalist Lothrop Stoddard, Henry Ford, Harvard psychologist Richard Herrnstein, Peter Thiel, and others represent this counter-tradition of hostility to democratic government. Phillips-Fein explores their ideas, and the aspirations they were reacting to, in order to understand our political life today--in hopes we might imagine a more egalitarian way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47270463865001,"sku":"PHBK-9781324074441","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/11428803482659.jpg?v=1784223308","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/country-of-lords-neo-aristocrats-social-darwinists-tech-utopians-and-the-long-fight-against-equality-in-america","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}