{"product_id":"american-madness-tea-krulos-9781627310963","title":"American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness","description":"The mainstream news media struggles to understand the power of social media while conspiracy advocates, malicious political movements, and even foreign governments have long understood how to harness the power of fear and the fear of power into lucrative outlets for outrage and money. But what happens when the harbingers of \"inside knowledge\" go too far? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Author Tea Krulos tells the story of one man, Richard McCaslin, who's fractured thinking made him the ideal consumer of even the most arcane of conspiracy theories. Acting on the daily rants of Alex Jones and his ilk, McCaslin takes matters into his own hands to stop the unseen powers behind the world's disasters who congregate at conspiracy world's Mecca- The Bohemian Grove. It all goes wrong with terrible consequences for the man who styled himself-The Phantom Patriot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McCaslin is not alone, as conspiracy-driven political action has bubbled its way up from the margins of society to the White House. It's no longer a lone deranged kook convinced of getting secret messages from a cereal box, now its slick videos and well-funded outrage campaigns ready to peddle the latest innuendos and lies in hopes of harnessing the chaos for political gain. What is the long term effect on people who believe these barely believable stories? Who benefits, and who pays the price? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Krulos investigates and explains the power of conspiracy and the resulting shared madness on the American psyche. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tea Krulos is a Milwaukee-based writer who documents the underground world of fringe sub-cultures. His previous books, Apocalypse Any Day Now-Deep Underground with America's Doomsday Preppers and Heroes in the Night-Inside the Real Life Super Hero Movement explored the driving beliefs and lives of the people who choose to reject accepted reality and substitute their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tea Krulos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1627310967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781627310963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feral House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Tea Krulos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045776847103,"sku":"9781627310963","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ac31977-4ac1-4f92-8104-c72aaa3b43f2.jpg?v=1684980694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-madness-tea-krulos-9781627310963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}