Uninzi loobawo bethu bokuQala babengabafundi abazimiseleyo, sesinye sezizathu zokuba sikhululeke kwaye siphumelele isizwe esakhelwe kwisiseko somthetho. UJohn Adams, uThomas Jefferson, kunye noJames Madison bonke baphenjelelwa kakhulu ziincwadi abazifundayo. Kwaye babeyinxalenye yesizukulwana esasifunda ngokubanzi kwaye sinomdla. Kwiminyaka elandelayo, abanye babongameli bethu abakhulu, bobabini beDemokhrasi kunye namaRiphabhlikhi, babengabafundi abanomdla- kubandakanya u-Abraham Lincoln, uTeddy Roosevelt, kunye noHarry Truman.
Ngenxa yale mbali, kufanelekile ukujonga ukuba irekhodi loluntu lithetha ntoni malunga nokufundwa ngabagqatswa baka-10 be-GOP kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yokuqala kamongameli. Ngelixa ukufunda kungenzi ukuba umntu abe ngumongameli omkhulu, sisixhobo esibalulekileyo sokulinganisa isiseko solwazi sikaMongameli kwaye sinike ukuqonda okusebenzayo kwiinkolelo zomgqatswa kunye nakwimbono yehlabathi.
Unethemba lowama-2016 lokufumana eyona nkxalabo kwezi ntsuku nguDonald Trump. Njengayo yonke into ayenzayo, uMnu.Trump uzala. Oku kufikelela kunxibelelwano kunye negama elibhaliweyo ngokunjalo. Okokuqala, uyincoma esebenzayo yencwadi. Kwesinye isihlandlo, wanikezela uluhlu lweencwadi ezingamashumi amabini ezinconywayo e-China kuphela. Omnye wabo, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, wayengumgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle we-GOP uHenry Kissinger, kodwa zazikho nezihloko nguSimon Winchester kunye no-Amy Chua- Ingoma yeMfazwe kaMama weTiger . Ngaphaya kwe China, uTrump uthanda ukufunda ngo-Abraham Lincoln, uxelela ii-MSNBC's Ekuseni uJoe ukuba, ndiza kufunda nantoni na malunga noLincoln. Ndifumene lonke ixesha lihle kakhulu. Ndiyifundile kwaye ndiyayithanda. Ukongeza kwezi zihloko zithandwayo, uTrump ukwadwelise incwadi ayithandayo: Amandla okucinga okuqinisekileyo , nguNorman Vincent Ngaphandle.
Omnye wabafundi abakhulu kwicandelo le-GOP nguJeb Bush. Umntakwabo uGeorge W., kuzo zonke ii-jibes malunga ne-anti-intellectualism, wayefunda ngokufunda, esebenzisa iincwadi eziphakathi kwama-60 nama-90 ngonyaka ngexesha lobongameli.
UMnu Trump akayena kuphela umcebisi wencwadi, kodwa umbhali naye. Uluhlu lwewebhusayithi yakhe alukho ngaphantsi kweencwadi ezili-15 azibhalileyo, kubandakanya UTrump: Ubugcisa boMsebenzi , Trump: Ukusinda phezulu , kunye Ixesha lokufumana ubunzima: Ukwenza iMelika # 1 kwakhona . Inkqubo ye- IWashington Post 'UCarlos Lozada binge-funda i-8 yeencwadi zikaTrump kwaye wazimisela ukuba ilizwe likaTrump linambambili, lahlulwe ngokwezenzo zeklasi kunye nabaphulukene ngokupheleleyo. Nabani na obukele izibhengezo zakhe zephulo angenza isigqibo esifanayo. UTrump uthanda neencwadi zobunkokeli nakwenye incwadi yeTrump, Ixilongo 101 , wacebisa iSun Tzu's Ubugcisa beMfazwe , Lee Iacocca's Iacocca , kunye noMachiavelli INkosana . Into ebangela umdla kukuba, ngaba uTrump wayeza kuba ngumongameli, ngosuku lokuqala wayeza kuba kwindawo yesithathu kuluhlu lwababhali ababalaseleyo ababekhonza njengoMongameli, emva kukaJimmy Carter noTeddy Roosevelt kuphela.
Omnye wabafundi abakhulu kwicandelo le-GOP nguJeb Bush. Umntakwabo uGeorge W., kuzo zonke ii-jibes malunga ne-anti-intellectualism, wayefunda ngokufunda, esebenzisa iincwadi eziphakathi kwama-60 nama-90 ngonyaka ngexesha lobongameli. Asazi ukuba zingaphi iincwadi ezifundwa nguJeb, kodwa siyazi ukuba ufunda kakhulu, njengoko ehlala ecaphula iincwadi azifundileyo kwaye esenza neempikiswano zomgaqo-nkqubo ngokusekwe kufundo lwesiqu. Enye yeJeb efundwayo yincwadi entsha yomongameli we-AEI uArthur Brooks, Intliziyo eQinisekayo , exelela abo bagcinayo ukuba banokulunxibelelana njani uvelwano nomvoti ophakathi, into kaJeb utata kaGeorge HW. UBush wayenengxaki ngo-1992. (Khumbula uBush 41's inqaku elibi lokuthetha elinamagama, Umyalezo: Ndiyakhathala, awayefunda ngokuvakalayo.) Ukukhethwa kwe-Brooks kuyinto eqhelekileyo kuJeb, njengoko kukho into encinci ye-nerd tinge kwiBush's kufundwa. Kwixesha elidlulileyo, uBush ubuye wakhankanya uCharles Murray Ukuza ngokwahlukeneyo - incwadi enzima kakhulu, wayibiza - nguRobert Kagan's Th e Ihlabathi laseMelika lenziwe , KaGeorge Gilder Ulwazi namandla, UPhilip K. Howard UMgaqo woMntu, IVirginia Postrel's Ikamva neentshaba zalo, UMarvin Olasky ’s Intlungu Yemfesane yaseMelika, kwaye Ukubulala uYesu, nguBill O'Reilly kunye noMartin Dugard. Ngokwe-Braganca, xa umbhali uDan Senor wanika uMnu. Bush ikopi ye-Bret Stephens ’America e-Retreat ukuba ayifunde, impendulo ka-Bush yayisithi, Oh, sendiyifundile le ncwadi.
Umnumzana Bush unendawo ethambileyo yabona bathengisi baqhelekileyo, njengo Robert Putnam Abantwana Bethu kunye noErik Larson UMtyholi kwiSixeko esiMhlophe . Xa ebuzwa ngale misebenzi, ukhumbule ababhali kodwa hayi izihloko, iyaqondakala xa umntu enezihloko ezingama-25 kuhlobo lwakhe nangaliphi na ixesha. Njengorhuluneli wangaphambili waseFlorida, uMnu. Bush naye unababhali ababathandayo baseFlorida, ababhali beenoveli uBrad Meltzer noDave Barry. UBush akazenzi nje iincwadi, uyakuthanda iimagazini ezilondolozayo, ezinje nge Umbukeli waseMelika kwaye ngoku bemkile Uphengululo loMgaqo-nkqubo .