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2021-04-17 -Great Cultural Revolution

Who Are The Fascists? Dinesh D'Souza Podcast Ep 70

[YouTube] In this special episode, Dinesh devotes the full hour to an in-depth discussion on fascism and civil war with one of America's preeminent historians, Stanley Payne. An emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Payne is the author of "A Short History of Fascism" and "The Spanish Civil War." Dinesh engages Payne in a wide-ranging discussion of such questions as, what is the core meaning of fascism? Is fascism on the Right or on the Left? Are there fascist strains in America today? What are the factors that led up to the Spanish civil war, and are there parallels between Spain then and America now? Is America headed toward civil strife? What lessons can we learn from history on how to resist fascism and avoid civil war?

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Dinesh D'Souza is an author and filmmaker. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he was a senior domestic policy analyst in the Reagan administration. He also served as a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

He is the author of many bestselling books, including "Illiberal Education," "What's So Great About Christianity," "America: Imagine a World Without Her," "The Roots of Obama's Rage," "Death of a Nation," and "United States of Socialism."

His documentary films "2016: Obama's America," "America," "Hillary's America," "Death of a Nation," and "Trump Card" are among the highest-grossing political documentaries of all time. He and his wife Debbie are also executive producers of the acclaimed feature film "Infidel."

Posted by Besoeker 2021-04-17 01:04|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Thank you for this. A superb interview -- literate, clear, historically deep and astute. Regardless of his offline antics, D'Souza speaks extremely well and is very knowledgeable about a wide range of subjects.

And Historian Stanley Payne is a treasure. Surprised that he's not better known.

Interesting points that Prof. Payne makes in this interview:

- "Identity politics is the stigmatization of groups as "victimizers" and is itself simply a form of racism

- When interviewed in 2016 by media types hoping he, the expert on fascism, would label Trump a fascist, Payne replied, "No! Trump is an un-fascist! He's reducing the power of the state and avoiding war wherever possible!"

- interesting that Prof. Payne predicts there will NOT be another civil war in this country because of the success (by Democrats, Woke left, the Deep State and Big Tech) in creating a powerful centralized state in recent years. "There's nothing left to rebel with" against this Leviathan

- instead of civil war, Payne expects to see Americans who still love freedom and the Constitution - the true "anti-fascists" - to exercise "the Benedict option of a retreat into privatism."

Thank you again. This a gem worth listening to again and again.

Posted by Grusoling Wittlesbach8518 2021-04-17 11:02|| 2021-04-17 11:02|| Front Page Top

#2 If retreat to privatism is coming, then Helen’s Page might be of interest. She started it in the wake of conservative social media start-ups being slammed by leftwing hosting sites as a place where conservative creatives and businesses could meet like-minded customers.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-04-17 15:20|| 2021-04-17 15:20|| Front Page Top

#3 So it's a hookup site?

Posted by Skidmark 2021-04-17 22:14|| 2021-04-17 22:14|| Front Page Top

#4 *sigh* Yes, my dear Skidmark, it is — in the sense that the intent is economic transactions between strangers for things that would be free if done in the privacy of the home.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-04-17 23:07|| 2021-04-17 23:07|| Front Page Top

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