- This book is brilliant on every level. Amy Remeikis is easily one of Australia's best political journalists and cultural commentators. She's the Chief Political Analyst at The Australia Institute and a contributing editor for The New Daily.
- She's angry and she's a fighter. And she's very well informed. Screw Nice (or as I'm sure she would have preferred to call it, 'Fuck Nice') is a fascinating critique of our current social and political world - a mix of philosophical, psychological, and economic. She puts the bomb under so much bullshit.
- What I found most appealing about the book is its reach. She ranges widely and takes us to the US, the UK and Europe, as well as Australia. She's excellent on the major post-World War 2 economic and political histories - neoliberalism, stagflation, oil shocks, wealth inequality, the destruction of labour unions, media power, hate speech, anti-immigration movements, women’s appeasement and submission for financial reasons, the general decline of liberal democracies and the current ‘autocratisation’ and growing authoritarianism in the Trump era. And of course the extraordinary growth and influence of powerful billionaires.
- She also focuses on the individuals that are central to the madness we are forced to stomach, for instance Trump, the draft dodger, sexual predator and liar; Charlie Kirk and his lies and distortions; and Netanyahu. There are plenty of others.
- She catalogues Australia’s dismal record on a host of important issues.
- The book is full of statistics and details which enrich it enormously. And quotes from influential thinkers, philosophers, politicians, and activists. Being 'nice' or 'civil' or 'centrist' or 'balanced' is just being captured and accomodating.
- Her final words are:
