I can't wait
Sadly, No! has a sneak peek at history’s greatest book, where Jonah Goldberg will explain to us all how all the historians of the past six decades were wrong and how fascism is truly a liberal philosophy.
From the front flap
Contrary to what most people think, the Nazis were ardent socialists (hence the term, “National Socialism”). They believed in free health care and guaranteed jobs. They confiscated inherited wealth and spent vast sums on public education. They purged the church from public policy, promoted a new form of pagan spirituality, and inserted the authority of the state into every nook and cranny of daily life. The Nazis declared war on smoking, supported abortion, euthanasia, and gun control. They loathed the free market, provided generous pensions for the elderly, and maintained a strict racial quota system in their universities—where campus speech codes were all the rage. The Nazis led the world in organic farming and alternative medicine. Hitler was a strict vegetarian, and Himmler was an animal rights activist.
God, the crimes of the Nazis just grow worse and worse! Money used to educate their population! Free health care and jobs for everyone! Pensions for the elderly! Will the horrors never cease!
Of course, there’s little question that the Nazis racial quota system was pretty harsh, though comparing it to something like affirmative action takes a considerable amount of chutzpah.
It should be truly amusing to watch Goldberg’s ideological brethren argue that all of the above are far more significant identifiers for fascism than things like massive no-fly lists, torture, denial of habeas rights, warrantless wiretapping and data-mining, giving their mercenaries immunity from prosecution, and invading other countries.
Oh, and one other important note from this brilliant purveyor of conservative knowledge:
The quintessential liberal fascist isn’t an SS storm trooper; it is a female grade-school teacher with an education degree from Brown or Swarthmore.
Beware the educated woman! There's a reason they call them feminazis!
