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Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
by Jonah Goldberg
from Tantor Media
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Reading past the label. 
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!
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Just one thing to say and I didn't say it!!
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,... more info
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Shallow 
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... more info
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A review of the reviewers and the book itself!
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R22VLFU9U31HU7 My video about the book Liberal Fascism.
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