I just finished Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism, and it is fantastic. His main goal is to demonstrate how the left has more in common with fascist groups like the Nazis and Mussolini's black shirts. I'm glad someone is finally debunking the myth that the Nazis were part of the right when in fact Nazi stands for "National Socialist." I also learned quite a bit about progressive goals. According to Goldberg,
Margaret Sanger, one of the founders of Planned Parenthood, tried to distribute contraceptives to African Americans so that their population would fall and eventually die out.
Holmes decision in Buck v. Bell supporting eugenics was actually cheered by the left, it was Catholics on the right who were his biggest critics at the time.
Minimum wage was designed to keep good jobs for whites so immigrants and blacks would not "take away" those jobs by working for lower wages.
I've heard most of these arguments before, but usually they're only hinted at or implied. Goldberg is the first person I've read who comes out in the open to declare that the left is racist, fascist, and oppressive.
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