[inaudible conversations] good evening. Ima member of the event to staff and i would like to welcome you this evening to politics and prose took a quick note before we start, now would be a great time to silence cell phones. Feel free to take flash free photography. We are here to welcome Hendrick Meijer for his new book, Arthur Vandenberg the man in the middle of the american century. When Arthur Vandenberg assumed his seat as a republican senator 1928 is outspoken opponent of the new deal and staunch isolationist. By the end of his life was not just a supporter of nato event un, but a key architect of the american postwar policy and in this comprehensive biology he changes from a politician to effective consensus builder. Is a reporter, editor and executive producer of the [inaudible] please help me welcome them both to politics and prose. Thank you for coming and thank you for that nice introduction. I am delighted to have pink with us tonight because this is a surprisingly relevant
Guest the nazis issued an official platform. Inevitably 25 points to it, and if you go down the list you basically realize they want minimum wage. They want to have a National Healthcare system. As you read down, you begin to realize, wait a minute, this runs against everything ive been taught. Because weve been taught, this is been an idea since world war ii that fascias and on the right, that fascias and some outright ring phenomenon. Hitler was a rightwinger but when you read the nazi platform you realize this is collectivism. This bears a realism of socialism and a lot of and if not the ingredients of obama, certainly the ingredients of elizabeth warren, bernie sanders. Host very quickly, definitions of fascism, socialism, marxism, and how close are the political philosophies . Guest socialism refers to the workers owning the means of the production. Later, communism talked about the state owning the means of production. Fascism is very similar. Fascism simply means that the states
Only popular in their own countries, but also admired by numerous highly educated and idealistic westerners. The object of this included benito mussolini, adolf hitler, josejoseph stalin, fidel castrod more recently, hugo chavez. Few people remember it today, but the original lyrics from cole porters immensely popular 1931934 musical anything goes originally read, you are the talk, you are mussolini, you are the talk you are mr. Sweeney. Today it is you are at the talk and the drama and the whistlers mama. Few people today openly praise hitler or mussolini. It isnt uncommon to see men and women in our Nations Capital wearing che guevara tshirts and the American Entertainers like Michael Moore and intellectuals like norm chomsky praised the castro brothers and hugo chavez. Paul hollander spent decades trying to understand why people are attracted to authoritarianism and totalitarianism and why they persist in doing so even today after a century of incredible bloodshed perpetrated by gov
Roots of the american left. Mr. Dsouza you write in your book that if you run a platform without knowing its source you could easily be forgiven for thinking you are reading a 2016 platform of the Democratic Party guest the nazis had an official platform i believe with 25 points to it and if you go down the list you basically realize they want minimum wage. They want to have a National Health care system. As you read down you begin to realize wait a minute, this runs against everything i have been taught. This has been an idea since world war ii. Fascism is somehow a rightwing phenomenon and hitler was a rightwinger but when you read it to its in its collectivism. This bears an eerie resemblance to socialism and if not the ingredients of obama certainly the ingredients of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in that wing of the denmark had a party. Host the definitions of fascism, socialism, marxism, and how close are those philosophies . Guest socialism refers to the workers owning the
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. John dean knows a thing or two about the political scandals, servinging as white House Counsel to president Richard Nixon and key figure in exposing the infamous watergate saga, and he has been vocal about the similarities of a nars sis tick and similarities of his former boss and President Trump. He has a new book out called the defense, when he knew it and what he did. Welcome ba to the show, sir. Thank you. Always good to have you back. My pleasure. And let me jump right in, and what are the similarities that you can see between Richard Nixon and donald trump . Well, the sim lilarities are most striking that happen behind closed doors between nixon versus trump. They have very similar auth authoritarian personalities, but trump is out on the street with it, on the street with it. Campaigned on it. Nixons authoritarianism, and if we didnt have the secret tapes that he made, we wouldnt know the extent of it. Bu