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Ripper : the making of Pierre Poilievre

Ripper : the making of Pierre Poilievre

Book 2025

"Six weeks into the Covid pandemic, New York Times columnist David Brooks identified two forces shaping Western politics, represented by those he called rippers and weavers. Rippers, whether on the right or the left, understand politics as a war that gives their lives meaning. They don't care what they destroy in achieving their specific aims. Weavers are their opposite: people who try to fix things, to bring people together and to build consensu...