
American Fascists
The Christian Right and the War on America
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Narrated by:
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Chris Hedges
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Eunice Wong
Hedges, who grew up in rural parishes in upstate New York, where his father was a Presbyterian pastor, attacks the movement as someone steeped in the Bible and Christian tradition. He points to the hundreds of senators and members of Congress who have earned between 80 and 100 percent approval ratings from the three most influential Christian Right advocacy groups as one of many signs that the movement is burrowing deep inside the American government in order to subvert it.
The movement's call to dismantle the wall between church and state, and the intolerance it preaches against all who do not conform to its warped vision of a Christian America, are pumped into tens of millions of American homes through Christian television and radio stations, and are reinforced through the curriculum of Christian schools. The movement's yearning for apocalyptic violence and its assault on dispassionate, intellectual inquiry are laying the foundation for a new, frightening America.
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Scariest book i ever read.
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Good not great, but worth a read
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Epic and frightful
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Mind blowing
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When I picked it up, I thought the title was probably typically an exaggeration--but nothing doing. Chris Hedges makes his case, and makes it well, that we are facing an imminent danger of losing our open society and plunging into a fascist state. Do yourself a favor and read or listen to this book. I think you'll be outraged, informed and moved to action. I know I was.
Timely and Crucial Reading
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I recently asked a holocaust survivor if he saw any similarities between what is going on in America today compared to Fascist Europe of the late 1930s. He said there is NO difference.
A thoughtful analysis
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Listen to first & last chapters, skip the rest.
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prophecy?
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Knowledge is strength
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This book was more engaging and enlightening thatn I expected. It told a familiar story in an interesting way and I learned more than I thought I would. The message to liberals to stop tolerating the intolerable seems spot on. Tolerating those who yearn for the destruction of your world is a fools errand. If a thousand dedicated Germans had stood up to the new Nazi party in the 1920's, history could have been different...
Better than I expected
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