Reviewed by Keith Mbuya for Readers' Favorite

With a GDP of approximately $27.360 trillion as of 2024, it is still a wonder how a part of America’s population still lives in abject poverty, some working low-paying jobs that demand almost double the hours of a regular work week. But then, is it by design? Ivan Muniz Brown delves deeper into this in Beyond the Kakotopias of the Liberal State and its Nemeses: America Free Workers Party. Brown presents a radical proclamation for political and economic reform, fundamentally deconstructing the liberal state as an illegitimate political construct by critiquing its inefficiencies, injustices, and moral decay while offering an in-depth dissection of the catastrophic flaws of Marxism and the bourgeois dystopia. Brown envisions an alternative model centered on worker empowerment, ethics, and logical capital. Grab a copy to discover more.

Ivan Muniz Brown’s Beyond the Kakotopias of the Liberal State and its Nemeses is a must-read for lovers of political and philosophical books and, as Brown puts it, for every other American living at the receiving end of the liberal state swindle. Brown launches into the discourse with succinct prose, open-mindedly and unbiasedly exploring every avenue of thought. Leveraging a profound depth of intellect, Brown thought-provokingly and professionally analyses the existing social and political models and philosophical works, backing the arguments with historical facts, research data, and brilliant intuition and psychoanalysis. Brown understands every bit of the discourse’s anatomy. It is an important observation to note that Karl Marx, in all his works, failed to acknowledge the government as a vital player in liberal capitalism, designating it as a bystander when, in fact, it is the reason why capitalists have freely oppressed workers for centuries. I loved this enlightening read.