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How fortunate! I've been reading "Death of the Liberal Class" lately (my first Hedges book). I could be totally off-base here, but I was under the impression that Hedges used fascism in the sense of "union of corporate and state power," rather than the "ideology of permanent violence" definition that seems to be more commonly used here. It might not be a very useful definition because it's so polarizing, though. The part of "Death" that I've found most interesting is his description of the rise of a kind of authoritarian, paternalistic liberalism and the connections he draws to the Wilson administration and the CPI. Growing up in an extremely liberal/left-ish household, I never understood the right-wing accusations of elitism that were bandied around in the public sphere. Sure, I could conceive of an authoritarian left (Bolshevism, etc.), but I just didn't see it in wishy-washy liberalism, so that's one of my big takeaways. Are there any works that people can suggest that talk more about the rift between liberals and the left in America? Also, what are the arguments (if any) against Hedges' reading of the historical record in this instance? The connections between the Wilson administration, the CPI, public relations, and mass culture seem pretty damning. Reading Hedges has inspired me, as a diehard socialist, to read more about left-anarchism. I'm not sure if that's good or bad.
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Dilkington posted:That connection is the same one Glenn Beck makes repeatedly, and is the subject of at least one of his books. Broken clock syndrome? Nazis marched against the Iraq War, too.
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# ¿ Nov 9, 2014 18:38 |