Do women really get paid 30% less than men for the same work? Do American police regularly murder unarmed black men just for being black? Is global warming really going to destroy human civilization? This book answers these and other questions about the state of our society. A sober look at the evidence reveals that many factual claims used to support progressive political views are false, exaggerated, or radically misleading. After exposing a series of these myths, the author explains how and why progressive myths have become popular, why they are harmful, and how we can avoid being taken in by political myths.

"When I get a little money, I buy [Mike Huemer's] books; if any is left, I buy food and clothes." –Erasmus
"If only I had listened to Mike Huemer, millions might not have had to die in the 20th century." –Karl Marx
"This book is terrible. Never listen to Mike Huemer." –Satan

CONTENTS

Introduction

Part I: Myths About Individuals
1 Trayvon Martin
2 Michael Brown
3 Amy Cooper
4 Jacob Blake
5 Kyle Rittenhouse
6 Three Non-Myths

Part II: Racial Myths
7 Racist Police Shootings
8 Implicit Bias
9 Stereotype Threat
10 Racist Drug Laws

Part III: Feminist Myths
11 The Gender Pay Gap
12 Campus Rape Culture
13 Women Don't Lie

Part IV: Gender Myths
14 What Is Gender?
15 Transgenderism

Part V: Economic Myths
16 Generational Wealth
17 The Tax Burden
18 Regulation

Part VI: Science Myths
19 The Global Warming Consensus
20 Existential Climate Risk
21 Mask Science

Part VII: Analysis
22 The Roots of Wokism
23 How Myths Thrive
24 The Dangers of Progressive Myths
25 Avoiding Myths

References