Jonah Goldberg Liberal Fascism

Goldberg probes modern liberalism's spooky origins in early 20th-century fascist politics. With chapter titles such as Adolf Hitler: Man of the Left and Brave New Village: Hillary Clinton and the Meaning of Liberal Fascism—Goldberg argues that fascism has always been a phenomenon of the left. This is Goldberg's first book, and he wisely curbs his wry National Review style. Goldberg's study of the conceptual overlap between fascism and ideas emanating from the environmental movement, Hollywood, the Democratic Party and what he calls other left-wing organs is shocking and hilarious. He lays low such lights of liberal history as Margaret Sanger, apparently a radical eugenicist, and JFK, whose cult of personality, according to Goldberg, reeks of fascist political theater. Much of this will be music to conservatives' ears, but other readers may be stopped cold by the parallels Goldberg draws between Nazi Germany and the New Deal. The book's tone suffers as it oscillates between revisionist historical analyses and the application of fascist themes to American popular culture; nonetheless, the controversial arc Goldberg draws from Mussolini to The Matrix is well-researched, seriously argued—and funny.

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 skJGZV6z (2009-04-14)

This is a talk Jonah gave about his book. It is not the book itself.

 skJGZV6z (2009-04-14)

Good talk by Jonah Goldberg. The bitrate is high for the actual audio quality. The talk is 38m long. I transcoded to a voice-quality MP3 (I can't use AAC on my non-iPod player) with no ill effects. 11MB vs. 217MB.
If you haven't yet read/listened to Jonah's book (like me), I think it's a good starter to whet the appetite and prepare the mind.
+1 for content
-1 for way too large a file vs. audio quality
wait... carp! This is actually a video talk Jonah gave to The Heritage Foundation, picked up on CSPAN's Book TV. Sorry...most of the MP4 files I encounter are audio.
So +1, -1, and another -1 for misclassified upload.