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Liberal Fascism The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

Jonah Goldberg

“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?

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The Ben Shapiro Show

Jonah Goldberg discussed the topic extensively in his book. The speaker noted that many on the left in the US were complimentary of Mussolini and Stalin during the Great Depression era.

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The same thing was true of Stalin and even Hitler I mean Hitler was featured as Time magazine's man of the year in 1936 the the Walter Durant ease of the world were still going over to the Soviet Unio...

— Episode: Ben Shapiro Book Signing Live Q&A | The...

Episode: Ben Shapiro Book Signing Live Q&A | The Authoritar...

Jonah Goldberg discussed the topic extensively in his book. The speaker noted that many on the left in the US were complimentary of Mussolini and Stalin during the Great Depression era.

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The same thing was true of Stalin and even Hitler I mean Hitler was featured as Time magazine's man of the year in 1936 the the Walter Durant ease of the world were still going over to the Soviet Union and talking about how wonderful things were over there and Jonah Goldberg talks about this at length in in his book liberal fascism [00:09:02.640 --> 00:09:12.840]

The Matt Walsh Show

The hosts praised it as a landmark work, saying it was one of the most important books of the past halfcentury.

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Jonah Goldberg, I think liberal fascism is one of the most important books of the last 50 years.

— Episode: Kamala’s Final Moment: Election 2024

Episode: Kamala’s Final Moment: Election 2024

The hosts praised it as a landmark work, saying it was one of the most important books of the past halfcentury.

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Jonah Goldberg, I think liberal fascism is one of the most important books of the last 50 years.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

It was criticised in the podcast as an example of a work that contributed to the polarisation and propaganda in the political landscape.

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Jonah Goldberg wrote a book called Liberal Fascism. So we also contributed to this like, you know, existential nature of politics.

— Episode: 11/23/21: Waukesha Attack, Economy News,...

Episode: 11/23/21: Waukesha Attack, Economy News, Obama & B...

It was criticised in the podcast as an example of a work that contributed to the polarisation and propaganda in the political landscape.

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Jonah Goldberg wrote a book called Liberal Fascism. So we also contributed to this like, you know, existential nature of politics.

Episode: 11/23/21: Waukesha Attack, Economy News, Obama & B...

It was mentioned by Saagar as a book written by Jonah Goldberg, in which he argued that every Democrat ever has been a fascist, including FDR. This was discussed in the context of a conversation about Jonah and Stephen Hayes's past propaganda work.

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interesting ultimately what their red lines are. And just one other thing about Jonah Goldberg, he wrote a book called Liberal Fascism.

So we also contributed to this like, you know, existential nature of politics. And he literally argued in that book that effectively every Democrat ever has been a fascist, including FDR.

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

It was referenced in the context of Tim Walz's political views being described as 'fascism with a smile' or 'tyranny with a smile', implying a deceptive facade of pleasantness behind potentially harmful policies.

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Reminds me of Jonah Goldberg's very well-selling book, Liberal Fascism from a long time ago.

— Episode: Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H3 - Ra...

Episode: Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H3 - Rachel Goldb...

It was referenced in the context of Tim Walz's political views being described as 'fascism with a smile' or 'tyranny with a smile', implying a deceptive facade of pleasantness behind potentially harmful policies.

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Reminds me of Jonah Goldberg's very well-selling book, Liberal Fascism from a long time ago.

Episode: Hour 3 - Rachel Goldberg-Polin

It was referenced in the context of Tim Walz's political leanings, described as a form of 'fascism with a smile' or 'tyranny with a smile'.

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It reminds me of Jonah Goldberg's very well-selling book, Liberal Fascism, from a long time ago. That's kind of what you get from the Tim Waltses.

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