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Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution is a non-fiction political book written by Tucker Carlson, in which he argues that America's ruling class has failed everyday Americans. Ship of Fools was released in October 2018 before the midterm elections and is a New York Times #1 best seller.

Introduction: Our Ship of Fools
Carlson introduces his thesis by applying the allegory given in Plato's Republic, in which the US ship of state has been commandeered by an incompetent crew (the current political and economic ruling class) who are contemptuous of the desires of the passengers (the citizens) and intolerant of criticism.

One: The Convergence
Carlson notes that liberals and conservatives have traditionally kept each other balanced by arguing on opposing sides of social issues, until sometime in the 1990s, when both sides started agreeing on positions which sound progressive or patriotic, but in fact serve to foster their own political power, social prestige, and economic status.

Two: Importing a Serf Class
Politicians started advocating non-enforcement of immigration laws, in order to increase their voting base and to depress labor rates for the benefit of employers. This to the detriment of organized labor and African Americans.

Three: Foolish Wars
"Foreign policy experts" such as Max Boot and William Kristol used the September 11 attack as excuse to advocate US involvement in Middle East wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. These wars failed to learn the lesson of the Vietnam War and had the opposite of their stated intent, encouraging rather than eliminating the security threat from Islamic extremism.

Four: Shut Up, They Explained
The American Civil Liberties Union has stopped defending the First Amendment right of free speech.

Six: Elites Invade the Bedroom
second-wave feminism Betty Friedan The changes made by second-wave feminists did not make women happier.

Cover
The book's cover shows caricatures of Democratic politicians Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, and Hillary Clinton; Republican politicians Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham; journalist Bill Kristol; and tech moguls Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg.