You are looking at this review, and those from others, that you hope will help you decide whether or not to read this book.
Re pill, blue pill whose choice is it anyway? Still, a good book for the research, and I would recommend it, but it needs to be approached with a wary eye. They were all made possible, by the same collectivist cultures that she seeks to portray as superior here. Germany in WW1 and WW2, Imperial Japan, Soviet Russia, the tragedy of Communist China, Pol Pot, and so on.
History shows us that the more collectivist cultures are more easily led, and less likely to resist dictators. Populist language that highlights the seeming humility of the collectivist and the ego of the individual passes as evidence instead. She also makes a series of value statements concerning the superiority of the collective versus the individual without actually making a case as to why the collectivist is superior. Seems trivial in context, but had she said something to the effect that the religious have chosen to live by certain strictures of faith, she would have been both more accurate, and objective (she was examining American adults who had the ability to walk away from their chosen faith). When discussing the religious as compared to the non-religious she says the religious have had their choices taken away. Good book, but her collectivist bias comes through too strong.
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