Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change
by Jonah Goldberg
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Author: Jonah GoldbergEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-02
ISBN: 0767917189
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Broadway
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Book Reviews of Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change
Book Review: An accurate depiction of fascism as an ideology of the left
Summary: 5 Stars
I have purchased and read this important book. Goldberg correctly depicts fascism as a cocept and tool deployed by the left and not the right. In its most diabolical form it was deployed by such believers in nationalism and socialism as Mussolini, Hitler, Peron, Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Castro in Utopean dreams to improve mankind. True believers were and are motivated by a desire to impose their own preferences in order to perfect the nature of man, to collectivise mankind in pursuit of nationalist, imperialist, often racist goals, and to organize individuals into malevolent public and private assocviations designed to override the economic discipline of free markets. Liberal fascism is defined by Goldberg as a softer but no less evil brand of the same product, pursued in the United States by progressives of the left, epitomized by Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Lyndon Johnson, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, in direct attacks on the United States Constitution and the laissez-faire basis of its market economy. Any person who is concerned to defend property rights, individual freedom, limited government and the rule of law should look to the right, not to the left to support him in this ideal. Goldberg's book is courageous and effective in outlining the true nature of fascism as the definition of the American Left since the early twentieth century.
Charles Rowley, Duncan Black Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and co-author of Economic Contractions in the United States: A Failure of GovernmentEconomic Contractions in the United States: A Failure of Government
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Summary of Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change
"Fascists," "Brownshirts," "jackbooted stormtroopers"-such are the insults typically hurled at conservatives by their liberal opponents. Calling someone a fascist is the fastest way to shut them up, defining their views as beyond the political pale. But who are the real fascists in our midst?Liberal Fascism offers a startling new perspective on the theories and practices that define fascist politics. Replacing conveniently manufactured myths with surprising and enlightening research, Jonah Goldberg reminds us that the original fascists were really on the left, and that liberals from Woodrow Wilson to FDR to Hillary Clinton have advocated policies and principles remarkably similar to those of Hitler's National Socialism and Mussolini's Fascism.
Contrary to what most people think, the Nazis were ardent socialists (hence the term "National socialism"). They believed in free health care and guaranteed jobs. They confiscated inherited wealth and spent vast sums on public education. They purged the church from public policy, promoted a new form of pagan spirituality, and inserted the authority of the state into every nook and cranny of daily life. The Nazis declared war on smoking, supported abortion, euthanasia, and gun control. They loathed the free market, provided generous pensions for the elderly, and maintained a strict racial quota system in their universities-where campus speech codes were all the rage. The Nazis led the world in organic farming and alternative medicine. Hitler was a strict vegetarian, and Himmler was an animal rights activist.
Do these striking parallels mean that today's liberals are genocidal maniacs, intent on conquering the world and imposing a new racial order? Not at all. Yet it is hard to deny that modern progressivism and classical fascism shared the same intellectual roots. We often forget, for example, that Mussolini and Hitler had many admirers in the United States. W.E.B. Du Bois was inspired by Hitler's Germany, and Irving Berlin praised Mussolini in song. Many fascist tenets were espoused by American progressives like John Dewey and Woodrow Wilson, and FDR incorporated fascist policies in the New Deal.
Fascism was an international movement that appeared in different forms in different countries, depending on the vagaries of national culture and temperament. In Germany, fascism appeared as genocidal racist nationalism. In America, it took a "friendlier," more liberal form. The modern heirs of this "friendly fascist" tradition include the New York Times, the Democratic Party, the Ivy League professoriate, and the liberals of Hollywood. The quintessential Liberal Fascist isn't an SS storm trooper; it is a female grade school teacher with an education degree from Brown or Swarthmore.
These assertions may sound strange to modern ears, but that is because we have forgotten what fascism is. In this angry, funny, smart, contentious book, Jonah Goldberg turns our preconceptions inside out and shows us the true meaning of Liberal Fascism.
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