Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning | 
 enlarge | Author: Jonah Goldberg
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In this angry, funny, smart, contentious book, Jonah Goldberg offers a startling new perspective on the theories and practices that define fascist politics.
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 Reading past the label. November 28, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Some reviewers claim this is a difficult book to read. Nonsense; it's simple, well written, and straightforward. Its premise, though, is one very difficult to accept. Alas, the truth always is!
P,S.: Kudos to the editor: the hitlerian Happy Face on the cover deserves a Reuben Editorial Cartoon Award!
Just one thing to say and I didn't say it!! November 26, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968) was a
> leading
> American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the
> Socialist Party of America.
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> The Socialist Party candidate for President of the US ,
> Norman Thomas, said this in a 1944 speech:
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> "The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But,
> under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt every fragment of the
> socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation,
> without knowing how it happened." He went on to say: "I no longer
> need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party.
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> The Democrat Party has adopted our platform."
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 Shallow November 20, 2008
7 out of 17 found this review helpful
Assuming all political positions must be plotted along a horizontal left-right x axis hurts the argument of this book. Rather, consider a four-sided model composed of x and y axes, where the familiar left/liberal and right/conservative positions are flanked on the north and south by libertarian/individualist and authoritarian/collectivist positions.
We can then account for the fact that both left and right can be guilty of so-called 'fascist' authoritarian/collectivist thinking in their ranks. We usually call it "totalitarian" when it occurs on the left, and "fascist" when it occurs on the right, for good reasons. Fascism was philosophically rooted in vitalism, rule by the physically better or stronger, where totalitarianism was supposed to be rule by the smarter or 'more rational'. So the right/fascist and left/totalitarian labels apply well to the distinctly different-flavored versions of collectivism on each side. Mr. Goldberg's argument then comes off as a pointless exercise in playground name-changing.
Mr. Goldberg seems to be saying nothing more than 'I know you are, but what am I?' in response to frustration at being called 'fascist'. How does it contribute to public discourse in any substantive way to make a whole book around renaming the totalitarian tendencies amongst real leftists 'fascism' instead of the perfectly intelligible and useful 'totalitarian'?
A review of the reviewers and the book itself! November 18, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R22VLFU9U31HU7 My video about the book Liberal Fascism.
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It's Just Facts November 15, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this book a while ago and started reading it. This is just historic truth, so if you don't like it, get over it.
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