The whole liberalism is fascism carnard doesn't inform debate, it just inflames emotions and rallies the faithful.
is very well addressed by Goldberg in how he frames his overall arguement.
This isn't a short thematic book as is typically put out by a columnist. His NR-online editorship had me prepared for such as well. Instead, it is a major piece of scholarship framed in good, reasoned and readable rhetorical arguement and well worth the read.
I would say I was blown away by the caliber of the book. I find his columns readable but he has really steped up to a higher rung with this book.
“The whole liberalism is fascism carnard doesn’t inform debate, it just inflames emotions and rallies the faithful.”
I am quoting your quote of ketsu here.
This one really takes the cake for mendacity. The “liberalism is fascism” canard?! And what about the “conservatism is fascism” canard — which has been used perhaps 1,000,000 times as often as the “liberalism is fascism” canard?
The other “canard” here is that Goldberg claimed that “liberalism is fascism.” But of course ketsu doesn’t need to be bothered with what Goldberg actually said or wrote ... because he reads Hegel and Marx. The point is not that the two are identical, but that, contrary to popular misconception, they have one hell of a lot more in common than conservatism and fascism have in common. In particular, they share virtually the same economic ideology.