The Authoritarian Moment
How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent
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Ben Shapiro
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Ben Shapiro
About this listen
New York Times best seller
How far are Americans willing to go to force each other to fall in line?
According to the establishment media, the intelligentsia, and our political chattering class, the greatest threat to American freedom lies in right-wing authoritarianism. We’ve heard that some 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump represent the rise of American fascism; that conservatives have allowed authoritarianism to bloom in their midst, creating a grave danger for the republic.
But what if the true authoritarian threat to America doesn’t come from the political right, but from the supposedly anti-fascist left?
There are certainly totalitarians on the political right. But statistically, they represent a fringe movement with little institutional clout. The authoritarian left, meanwhile, is ascendant in nearly every area of American life. A small number of leftists — college-educated, coastal, and uncompromising — have not just taken over the Democratic Party but our corporations, our universities, our scientific establishment, our cultural institutions. And they have used their newfound power to silence their opposition.
The authoritarian Left is aggressively insistent that everyone must conform to its values, demanding submission and conformity. The dogmatic Left is obsessed with putting people in categories and changing human nature. Everyone who opposes it must be destroyed.
Ben Shapiro looks at everything from pop culture to the Frankfurt school, social media to the Founding Fathers, to explain the origins of our turn to tyranny, and why so many seem blind to it.
More than a catalog of bad actors and intemperate acts, The Authoritarian Moment lays bare the intolerance and rigidity creeping into all American ideology – and prescribes the solution to ending the authoritarianism that threatens our future.
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- benito
- 04-09-2021
good Ole Ben
Ben always k nows how to get his Pont across and backs them up with facts.
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- John Carson-Zangor
- 09-10-2021
best book ever
Ben Shapiro done it again, very good book thank you Ben keep them coming g
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- Hank
- 20-11-2021
good incisive opinion from Ben Shapiro again
Intersectionality ... the new "Emperors New Cloths".
The only problem I have with Ben Shapiro's books is when he narrates them himself. He always sounds squeaky and fast.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-09-2021
Great Read
Ben Shapiro is a sharp mind that puts together compelling arguments. A must read as this book is definitely one for these times.
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- Pablo Dee
- 20-08-2021
Good tips on fighting the insane leftist ideology
Some good tips on fighting the insane leftist ideology ... as long as you can handle Shapiros voice for that long
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- Howard Granger
- 15-12-2021
Needed a different narrator
Six hours of Shapiro's voice is hard work, especially his lame impersonations. The inevitable Trump-bashing and repeatedly calling Jan 6 a riot are annoying. Believing the vaccines are triumphs and climate change is an actual problem seems naive.
However, he is very good at explaining the 'authoritarian left', how they operate, and how we can bring them down.
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- Martin Fortmann
- 25-08-2021
A must read
Ben is always speaking the truth in a corrupt generation. This is far all nations not just America
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