A friend of the family who i discuss politics with asked me to read Jordan Peterson's 13 rules for life, i asked him, in return, to watch/listen to some of Parenti's lectures. He accepted.
I really didn't think this through did i.. I have to read Jordan Peterson now😭
It's self help for tories, it's not really that deep.
Some of it is generic enough self help you can't really argue with, other stuff will leap out at you for being only slightly hidden conservatism in a supposedly apolitical self-help book.
Pirate it on libgen, or z-library or something.
What's good isn't new, and what's new isn't good. Sticking to that can be a helpful way to criticize the bad stuff without getting bogged down in "well no shit cleaning your room occasionally is nice."