And Islam Screwed My Generation - How Baby Boomers

Excellent read, well written and spot on analysis for the most part, unlike so many authors in this sphere that depend entirely on feelings and emotions, this book backs up its points with actual citations. Those of the left politically could learn a lot from this book, of where they went wrong, and why they were so out of touch with the rest of us. I would highly recommend this to anyone of any political leaning, Lauren has a great future ahead of (I was going to say her, but recently she has been identifying as a him, personally I always liked the attack helicopter).

I would consider myself a fan of Lauren Southern, so take this review with that bias in mind.

Early this year Southern spoke at the University of Michigan, which I was fortunate enough to attend. I left the event glad to have been there, but strangely disappointed in the speech itself. Though it may seem harsh, I had the impression that Southern perhaps had skipped a public speaking class or two, and that the speech could have had some more time in the oven.

So starting this review, I would like to dispel the opinions of the former me. In Barbarians, Lauren Southern collects her thoughts in a cohesive, concise manner (a surprisingly swift 82 pages), with each page dense with purpose, citation, reference and wit.
The contents of the book are what you might expect from the cover: a biting indictment of the current global systems and those who founded and perpetuate it. To this end, she succeeds categorically.

Each chapter is dedicated to a specific group to which blame is placed for the current mayhem in the political and academic spheres. Baby Boomers, overabundant immigrants, progressive leftists, radical and radical-sympathetic Muslims, and millennials like Southern herself. The final chapter is a resolution, a "what do we do now?" that attempts to solve the problems the book endeavors to point out.

Overall it is structured well. Southern's candid tone and casual parlance make this an easy read for anyone--no obtuse vocabulary or obscure references (or, those that do exist, are given citations) to wall this book off from what may be the most important audience: people her own age.

I would rate this book five stars had it not been for minor grammatical errors, and a personal distaste for aggrandized political call-to-actions (warranted as it was) like the one that makes up the final chapter.
Also, the introduction by Ezra Levant reads more like an advertisement for the book I had already bought. That felt a little silly.

This little manifesto comes highly recommended to anyone that wants put to words their own malcontent, or who wishes to see how the other side thinks. Especially so if you're a millennial.

I don't agree with Lauren on everything (like her dislike of affirmative consent or the color of her hair=) but the majority of her ideologies expressed here are very important to our modern age, to us as a people that yearn to prosper. I'd been ultra impressed with her YouTube videos and bought this book without hesitation. She didn't disappoint.

Lauren does a great job of sorting all the snowflakes' stupidity, while she lays the blame bombs squarely where they belong - right on their gentle little pointed heads. A great read for anybody with eyes and a rational head!

Lauren states her case very clearly and backs it up with even clearer examples and reasoning that anyone can understand. I blasted through it in one sitting, and I came out of it feeling slightly better about the state of things, knowing that not everyone out there is part of the problem.
This book has an undertone of doom, to be sure, but to pretend that isn't the truth would only serve to weaken us all.
We have a lot of work to do.

The past years election has really pushed me over the edge with questioning my generation, and the downright regressive behavior that has become acceptable from them. We are a lost generation, capable of so much, yet left complaining about the woes of the world rather than doing something about the problems we face. I see little work ethic, and a strong sense of entitlement. I feel like a reality check such as what you've written in this book is what many need. You wrote a wonderful book. It was very easy to digest, and the humor made if feel human every step of the way. I hope mindless trolls don't slander this book, because more people should read it. It was refreshing in a day and age where we're just being drowned in far left propaganda and fear mongering. Thank you so much. Please keep writing more books, we need them. And keep speaking up. We desperately need it.

This book gives a first-hand perspective into exactly why millennials are so messed up. It illustrates how their twisted way of thinking is destroying America. Lauren holds nothing back as she slams the crazy ideas of young people when it comes to social justice, immigration, and America. But a lot of it isn't their fault; the boomers raised their children wrong. They handed out trophies for just showing up and insisted their children were super special, like the insane concept of Indigo aka Crystal Children. (If you want to give yourself a good laugh, look that up.)

The bad parenting has been compounded by liberal teachers who indoctrinate children into thinking everything about America is bad. Instead of being taught in school to be proud of America, children hear only bad things our country has done. For instance, instead of being taught how Americans fought their way across Europe under brutal conditions to liberate millions in death camps during WWII, our children are taught how we bombed Japan. Slanted, one-sided indoctrination designed to make children hate their own country. It's outrageous.

This books serves as a wake-up call to any American who wants to preserve what was once the greatest country on earth. If we don't do something now to turn this leftist craziness around we're finished as a nation.

Thank goodness Lauren is out there! Speak the truth, you based attack helicopter.

This book is intelligent, eloquent, and willing to name the issues that are plaguing us without being PC or sweeping things under the rug. I highly recommend picking it up.

Southern writes a well put-together and succinct critique of the issues of the modern political and cultural establishment. She names many of the most significant problems and her omissions make this no less of a great introduction to understanding the modern state of affairs in the west.

Succinct and witty, with good examples and footnotes. Quick, easy read that gives a great overview of how the old conservative movement didn't really conserve anything... And where the new movement needs to focus.

A great introduction to the culture war from a right wing perspective. Lauren is to the point and concise, she even throws in some humor now and again. Marvelous book My only disappointment was that I read the book in about two sittings.

Firstly, If you're already a liberal or an establishment conservative, this book will probably not change your mind, but it will provide a very concise analysis of how many modern right wing people think. For that reason alone, I think it is a good read so you can better understand those who disagree with you and formulate your arguments. For those undecided or already in Lauren Southern's camp, this book is a very enjoyable read. This is a really concise analysis of the root causes of millennial outrage culture. Lauren Southern's writing style is very blunt and easy to read. For fans of Lauren's work, her personality really does come through in the form of sarcastic quips and humor throughout this book. On the back of this book, Lauren Southern is described as a millennial Ann Coulter. I see some similarities, both are right wing blondes with a fondness for sarcasm and humor who are not afraid to say controversial things and on occasion piss people off for what they are willing to say. However, due to the experience that she has, Ann Coulter's work is much more extensive, and until we get more books from Lauren Southern in my opinion there isn't enough text to work with. The target audience of this book seems to be millennials, but it is also a good read for older generations who wish to understand and work with them. My only complaint is that this book is rather short (only 7 chapters), and although I am a slow reader I finished it in one day. Although it is short, I think there is plenty of quality content throughout, and she avoids tangents and going into detail over less relevant information.
Chapter one is an introduction, and we are shown the problem of the degradation of values in Western Culture. She talks about the failure of the modern education system to do anything other than indoctrinate kids into the radical left's agenda.
Chapter two talks more about the modern education system in the higher learning institutions of colleges and universities. Lauren Southern shares some personal experiences then links these to the ideas of communist academics and postmodernism.
Chapter three details the failures of neoconservatives and the Republican party after Ronald Reagan's presidency.
Chapter four is a critique of open borders immigration and the so called "globalist" agenda.
Chapter five is about Islam and how this dangerous ideology has been misrepresented by the politically correct left. In this chapter, Lauren Southern shows why Islam is dangerous, and then tackles typical deflections such as "Christianity is just as bad, what about the crusades?"
Chapter six is about millennials, and categorizes radical leftist "social justice warriors" into two camps, the PC authoritarians and PC egalitarians. Lauren uses observations of psychologists Christine Brophy and Jordan B. Peterson to explain the motivations and reasoning of those in the radical left. Lauren also makes the case for the importance of free speech, and explains why sexuality has been distorted by modern culture.
Chapter seven finally makes the case for nationalism, and how it is important to persevering Western cultures and values. She explains how nationalism is not in and of itself a thing that leads to fascism, and why Hitler's radical ideology led to the evil acts done against minorities and Jews.
Overall, there are many interesting ideas in this book, and I found it an enjoyable read that I would recommend to friends and family.

An excellent piece of writing. Not a long book, I read it in one sitting, but succinct and worthy. This gives me such hope and faith for the future of our civilisation. Intelligent, articulate, original, the world is certainly going to be hearing more from Lauren Southern. Without a doubt her ideas will flourish. The Truth will always out. All the bright outliers of her pivotal generation will only grow in strength and influence. What can I say as a Generation X-er who should have done more - who should have been more awake and fought harder to fight the evil forces of corruption and entropy that have brought our culture to this brink? I am sorry, a million times over, and a million times over I wish you God Speed. Your parents are with you, our ancestors are with us all. Dearest Daughter, you now carry the torch of the West. God is with you and you will not fall.

I thought this was excellent. I even learned a few things that I did not know.

I would like to suggest, however, that although her view is from here generation, I think that she has missed a seminal point. The world view expressed here is more widely spread than the central theme of her thesis recognizes. I'm not saying that she does not realize this, she simply does not highlight it. I believe, that the views here are the hallmark of people who look things up, who listen, but who then want to know. As a person falling into the last of the boomers, I can only say one thing for certain, that is just one of the many demographics which I fit into, that do not define me in the least. Most importantly that we were not all left devoid of the broader and more mature morality of our parents. There are people like us in every generation, but there simply are not enough of them.

I love Lauren. I say so, because her cache is not simply on the merit of her ideas, but also and undeniably on her tangible personality/persona/charisma as well; however, it is the merits and rational founding of those ideas and positions that keeps my interest in what she has to say. I don't agree with her obvious, if understated, views on the positions of faith and the contributions to the shape of western culture, as I see the influence of secular value, philosophy, and counterbalance far more important to the shape of our culture as it exists today. I want her to remember that her astonishment at the shallowness, ignorance, and unfounded bases of so many political and social movements, is a non-generational phenomenon shared by rational and critical people of every time. Lastly, the joke about anime characters... well, as they say, if you don't have pictures it didn't happen... I had a good and unexpected laugh over that because it reminded me of things that I sometimes say, resulting in a permanent bruising of my ribs on the side where my most beloved wife usually sits.

The book was surprisingly short, but a definitely worthwhile read.

As a millennial, this book really resonated with me. Concise, insightful, and alternately hilarious and dire in its assessment of the current condition of the West, I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants a better understanding of my generation's predicament.

This book is perfect for Millennials -- it's short.
Contained inside is a description of the problems facing Western civilization, as seen from the Right. It does justice to the effort by using the two greatest weapons of the young alt-right: humor and facts.
In any event, it feels good to have red pills gently fed to you by a stately Nordic valkyrie.

In this book, the author writes from the heart. She has seen what the hypocritical attitude of a typical illiberal leftist consists of. She wants other young people of her generation to wake up and put a stop to the intellectuals' disingenuous "politically correct" efforts at blaming all of the world's ill on the Christian culture. This book is refreshing; it bolsters one's hope for the future of the USA. Read it.

An interesting and well written book. A recommended read for young conservatives. My only issue with the book is that it is really more of a pamphlet that a full book (fewer than 100 pages with big font). I hope to hear more from this young author in the future.

Surprisingly great read that you'll get through easily in one sitting. One of my conservative literary heroes is Ann Coulter whose recent books served as the intellectual framework for the Trump movement and my personal political transformation. Lauren is someone who goes very much under the radar, but like Ann, shares a similar wit, insightfulness, and a hilarious indifference to offending the pearl-clutching crybabies of the left and the right. I think we'll be reading a lot more from Lauren over the years as she matures and evolves into a thought leader for the new right of my generation. Also, much like Ann, the left won't quite know how to handle her and will likely try to silence or destroy her reputation. Judging from this book, I highly doubt she'll back down.

Everyone should read this book. It's short, and to the point, outlining everything that is wrong in society today, how we go here, and some ways in which we can make things better. Buy it now, and level up.

I've just completed reading this book for the second time. The first reading was about a week ago and several of the concepts that the author clearly and concisely describes have had a chance to take hold. I would say that this is a book about truth; giving the reader the tools to see to the core of some concepts that the current culture holds as religion as well as who benefits by their promotion. The book is a fairly quick read because the author is extremely efficient in her thought processes and making her points.

While I was aware of the state of colleges today, how many teach divisive and often radical ideologies, I wasn't quite sure how higher education got to that point. Lauren does an excellent job of breaking that down. She also explains how both Democrats and Republicans have played a part in getting America to where it's at now. It gave me a clearer picture of the political landscape we're in. Her humor keeps it from feeling too serious, the writing is easy to follow, and she has a talent for conciseness.

Southern is bold and informed for her age, and has the capacity to positively influence other millennials by providing them with an education about the failures of globalisation on which the mainstream media refuse to report.

The only reason I docked her a star is because there are far too many errors in the writing for this book to have ever made it to print. I've actually noticed that this has been a trend with politics-oriented books lately, and I think it's a result of needing to get them to press in a timely manner, but poor editing makes the source seem less credible, and only hurts her attempt to get her message across.

What a fantastic read. Short, but punchy. Funny, yet at some points unsettling thought provoking. Lauren Southern is an exceptionally bright, forward thinking women, with a perspective that is challenging the norm for millennials like me, luckily I needed no convincing however.

This book is brutally honest and on point. Wish we could clone this millennial. One could hope that her mentality is contagious, because we have an epidemic on our hands that needs a cure. This book provided a healing dose of reality and is just what the doctor ordered! Read it; its 2hrs well spent.

Being a longtime fan of Lauren Southern's videos I was excited to see she had written a book on the topics she frequently covers. Having read a lot anti-SJW books its interesting to note which areas the authors choose to highlight in the vast subject of "insane things SJWs do". In "Barbarian" Lauren chooses to focus on the very Trumpian topics of Islam, Immigration and Globalism while skipping some of the other hot topics such as feminism, LGBTBBQTVXQ! rights and Black Lives Matter.

This is a very approachable book for beginners while being informative enough for those of us who are familiar with this topic. Something I want to note is that I always found Lauren Southern to be one of the nicer people when discussing these topics. Compared to the angry rants of a Paul Joseph Watson or the cool rationality of Vox Day I think this is as much sugar coating as you're going to get if you're a newbie who wants to take the plunge into the harsh reality that currently exists. While Lauren harshly criticizes those that need to be criticized she avoids taking cheap shots like many in the right do. The book is written in a professional prose but with liberal doses of humor as well as terms like "retarded" and "autistic" in the style that millennials write online these days.

Compared to a book like "Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West" by Christopher Caldwell I felt "Barbarian" didn't quite go as in-depth into immigration and Islam as I would've liked. The book reads like a extended op-ed piece (which isn't a bad thing) but its a more succinct book that has no time to get into more detail and nuance. For example Lauren writes how one of the negatives of immigration is how it allows "critical masses of groups that despise Western culture". I would agree with that in a broad sense, specifically for immigrants from muslim countries however a lot of the problems with immigration is not the first generation immigrants (who are generally too busy working to be involved in politics) but their children who are born in western countries. When you're a 2nd generation nonwhite immigrant and you become old enough to attend a leftist indoctrination center (also known as "universities") and you learn about how evil the west is from your Howard Zinn wannabe professor that's not very conducive to assimilation or a harmonious society.

The most interesting part of the book I found was Lauren's thoughts on Globalism. Globalism seems to be difficult for people to explain without sounding like a crazy person. Here Lauren Southern gives as mainstream a explanation as you're going to get though I think she could've been more concise for someone who isn't as familiar with the topic.

All in all I think its a good book for beginners and fans of the author but I give it four stars because compared to some of my other books on the subject such as "Cuckservative" by Vox Day or "Free Speech Isn't Free" by Roosh V it wasn't as thought-provoking as I'd have liked to be.

Better than I expected. Well sourced historical content, a bit of humor to stay relatable to younger readers, and surprisingly articulate for her first published work. She really articulates the effect of the Baby Boomer generation on the values and ideology of the Millenial generation very well, and has insight of her own in this area. I expected a lot of material I am already familiar with but you can tell she took the time to present readers with a palatable digest of events and paradigms that have shaped aspects of today's social climate. I finished this book hoping that she will publish another work. In spite of the snarky title and chapter names, the book is very tasteful in delivering information objectively before expressing thoughts of the author; though she does pepper the work with sharp comments here and there. Even the personal anecdotes serve to summarize the theme of the book, rather than the autobiographical nature with which such is oft written. I recommend opponents of her ideas read this work before challenging it, as it was different and far more thoughtful and inclusive than anticipated.

I rarely write reviews, but I loved this book. Very good writing and a pleasure to read. My only problem would be the title. I am one of the 50% of Baby Boomers who did not screw our children. She notes from the beginning that her own father inspired her, and he must have been a Baby Boomer also, right? She rightly points to the terrible education that her generation got, from public schools to universities mostly hippies who have no expertise except to rail and complain about achievements of the past being wrong in some way. Well, I totally agree. I have a PhD in the old days when college exposed us to both sides of all issues, and chose to be a Young Republican. So I am sure I will not get many likes that my review was 'useful'.. but I would recommend Lauren to change the title and move on to a longer book.. titled something like 'BARBARIANS: How Teachers, Unions, Democrats and Socialists, IMMIGRANTS and ISLAM Screwed the World'.. she is young and probably would have to hide after such a title.. but I am older.. and she inspires me to write a book of my own without worrying so much about having to hide my age.. ;)

Highly informative, entertaining, well-paced, and inspiring read for millennials who need to arm themselves with ideas and facts (and not to mention great wit/style) against the tenaciously delusional left. I've followed Lauren for about a year now and in a world with far too few female role models, it makes me proud to be a young millennial female to see her success now not only as a social media personality and commentator, but as a promising writer. GO LAUREN!!

This is not a well-written book. Southern writes like she makes Youtube videos. What works for one does not translate well to the other. There's lots of clever snark, but not much with impact. Lots of one-liners and zingers but so little substance. She does not dig into the problems with any depth. More than that, she cites very little by way of proof, which is big because she's making a lot of big claims here. This could have been a sharp call to action but it only manages to complain.

You could have done a lot better, Lauren.

I devoured it very quickly and agree 100% with Ms. Southern's view on the unfortunate state of a affairs in US and Western society. Nevertheless, Trump's victory, the exposure of the MSM as agents of deceit and propaganda and the rise of young, energetic, and intelligent right-wing voices like Ms. Southern, gives me hope that the West is finally waking up from this "globalist fever nightmare".

This felt like psycho-babble to me. The author spent a lot of time psycho analyzing bad people using dubious psychological metrics. From my view point the book would have been much better if the author spent more time doing investigative reporting and keeping to the facts. The last chapter showed what the author is capable of.

Really, a very good book. We need more white people like Lauren Southern to speak their minds. The West will only win out if we speak our minds and refuse to give in to fear.

Great job, Lauren!