'I have needed to read this book ever since reading Gone With The Wind when we were in Florida and being stunned at its topsy-turvy depiction of the Old South as a pleasant, desirable and noble place, and of the failure of Reconstruction as something to be celebrated, with the Klan as gallant heroes. This myth has taken hold so tightly though that it is one believed by millions, and the effects seen today as Trump can still call White supremacists good people and insurrectionist mobs can storm the White House and attempt to overturn democracy believing themselves to be in the right and able to act in such a way without punishment or consequences. as I write this, news has come through that Trump's Mar-A-Lago has been raided as the FBI seek the records he stole while President. America faces a battle over the next elections - will democracy win out or will we see a return to rule by a wealth, privileged minority peddling a Big Lie?
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