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“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? ... read more

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Memorable Quotes

  • “It assumes the organic unity of the body politic and longs for a national leader attuned to the will of the people”
  • “It is difficult to unite a people by talking only on the highest ethical plane”
  • “The only fundamental and possible socialism is the socialization of the selective breeding of man”

Authors & Contributors

  1. Jonah Goldberg (Author)
 

Books with Additional Background Information

   
  • Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
  • The Color of Fascism: Lawrence Dennis, Racial Passing, and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism in the United States
  • The Beast Reawakens: Fascism's Resurgence from Hitler's Spymasters to Today's Neo-Nazi Groups and Right-Wing Extremists
  • Right-Wing Extremism in Contemporary Germany (New Perspectives in German Studies)

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