This book was everything I hoped it would be. Thought-provoking, engaging, and just really well executed. I’ll be recommending it to everyone I know.

⚔️ Rules for Reactionaries: How to Maintain Inequality and Stop Social Justice by Lee Bebout

A scalpel-sharp dissection of systemic oppression—dressed as a villain’s playbook for the modern age.

✨ Review
🔍 Brutal Honesty: Exposes the coded tactics of inequality—gerrymandering, gaslighting, and “tradition”—with the clarity of an X-ray.

🎭 Satirical Edge: Wields irony like a weapon, framing reactionary logic as a dystopian manual (chilling because it works).

📊 Historical Ammo: Traces centuries of systemic sabotage, proving reactionaries recycle the same playbook (just with new dog whistles).

💡 Resistance Toolkit: For activists, it’s a reverse-engineering goldmine—know thy enemy’s moves to dismantle them.

🔥 Provocative Fuel: Guaranteed to spark debates, from dinner tables to protests (handle with gloves—it burns complacency).

⭐ Star Breakdown (0–5)
Impact: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) (A Molotov cocktail for the mind.)
Research Depth: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.7/5) (Annotated like a war strategist’s diary.)
Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5) (Jargon decoded—but still dense in spots.)
Originality: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5/5) (The Art of War for white supremacy.)
Urgency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) (Read it before they ban it.)
Overall: 4.6/5 - A forbidden handbook—equal parts enlightening and enraging, with footnotes that double as battle scars.

🙏 Thank you to NetGalley and Lee Bebout for the advance review copy. This isn’t just analysis—it’s an alarm bell. Pair with Mythohistorical Interventions (Bebout’s prior work) for maximum context.

Note: For readers of Caste and How to Be an Antiracist. Keep a highlighter—and a stress ball—handy.