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If Books Could Kill

Liberal Fascism

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

Arts, Politics, Books, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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0:00.0

The EQ for this show is different than the one for 5.4 so you're like 6% sexier on this show.

0:04.6

That's all me. You're welcome, Peter.

0:06.3

I've never had a girl like email the 5.4 podcast saying that they have a crush on me,

0:11.6

but it's happened like twice now.

0:13.1

And every single one of our reviews is like, who's this sexy guy and why is the woman he's with?

0:18.0

So hysterical. These are the comments that I get on the internet.

0:21.3

Who's that sexy jock and his data obsessed female friend?

0:25.3

Okay, tell me if this zinger is bad.

0:31.3

All right. Michael.

0:33.3

Peter.

0:34.1

What do you know about liberal fascism?

0:36.6

Is that the kind where there are mass graves, but they're only full of gas stoves?

0:55.6

Have you ever seen the cover of this book?

0:58.0

Oh, God, isn't it like the the smiley face with like a Hitler mustache?

1:02.6

That is right.

1:03.5

Ooh, I gotta say it was a good idea.

1:06.2

It stops being good after the cover, but the cover kind of rules I have to admit.

1:11.4

Yeah, it's a smiley face with a little Hitler mustache and that is Jonah Goldberg, the author,

1:17.4

telling you that liberal fascism is sort of fascism with a polite face.

1:24.5

Fascists are known for being like too nice, too accepting.

1:28.5

Now, this book in the broadest strokes is about how it's actually liberals who are kind of fascists

1:34.4

and not just that, but fascism itself is a liberal project more than a conservative one.

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