tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3153450987446310332..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Maybe I'm WrongDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-14218448355114895222009-02-15T14:13:00.000-08:002009-02-15T14:13:00.000-08:00PS. It's funny. I took a Philosophy course back in...PS. It's funny. I took a Philosophy course back in 1976. The guy who taught it was a raving liberal-one of the ones who saved the Big Thicket wilderness region in East Texas. He discussed governments often and his contention was that Europe would return to a fascist reign of government within the next 50 years. He also said that unless Americans paid attention, that those who were blind syncophants of the European style would follow. I wonder if this guy is still alive. I wish I could remember his whole name. His first name was Jim.....Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-90840048835134546302009-02-15T14:11:00.000-08:002009-02-15T14:11:00.000-08:00Let's see, fascist government, charismatic leader,...Let's see, fascist government, charismatic leader, blind followers, the perceived need for limiting free speech in the media, dissolution of private corporations that produce needed commodities, setting up of closed military bases for civilian housing....why am I suddenly shivering?Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-12577840366766667932009-02-14T20:51:00.000-08:002009-02-14T20:51:00.000-08:00And as long as Anonymous is recommending books, I'...And as long as Anonymous is recommending books, I'll throw in a conditional plug for "Liberal Fascism" by Jonah Goldberg. Not his usual, breezy smartaleckiness but some pretty serious going. Early on he makes a pretty strong case for fascism not being quite so securely defined as is widely made out.<BR/><BR/>So the answer would be "no", it's still socialism or rather a move towards a reduction in individual autonomy which is the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-17580914714416871642009-02-14T17:53:00.000-08:002009-02-14T17:53:00.000-08:00The whole point of this book was to warn of the in...The whole point of <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Road-Serfdom-Documents-Definitive-Collected/dp/0226320553" REL="nofollow">this book</A> was to warn of the inevitable (?) consequences when government assumes too large of a role in the economy of a nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com