A dedicated anticommunist, the americans were vulnerable to phrases such as the numerology of western civilizations. People see that peculiar capital of liberalism , a dogma which was intended to guarantee economic became the ideology of corporate structures of capitalism. Used by them to prevent a proper politicalcontrol of their power. It was also alert to the fundamental screen that went inside capitalism and liberal democracy that gradually gathered around the world and every society chose ultimately just as britain and theUnited States did. Of course we would not have participated at the blind fanatics who made the cold war so treacherous without offending historycenter stage , and freemarket localizers had grown more complex and charitable and help unravel large parts of asia, africa and western america to foster chaos in their ownsocieties. Thank you for reading from. Another way to talk about blind fanatics and the book publishes a range of people who might fit thatdescription.
You pull them together in this book with a larger argument about the failures of liberalism. I thought it might make sense for you to. [inaudible] reading a little bit from that introduction. Oh, sure. Absolutely. The emphasis in essays in this book were written in response to the Anglo American delusions that climaxed in brexit, the election of donald trump and, finally, a calamitous response to the covid19 outbreak. These range from the 19th century dream of imperial liberalism long championed by the colonists in which capital, goods, jobs and people freely circulate through the proclamation of an American Century of free trade and modernization, the attempt by american cold warriors to seduce [inaudible] away from communist revolution and into the gradual u. S. Alternative or consumer capitalism of democracy to the catastrophic humanitarian wars and demagoguic explosions of our times. Wrote in 1957 at the height of the cold war are the fanatics of western civilization who regard the
Voters whether their concern about political division. Watch this program in entirety on our website cspan. Org. Now to a virtual discussion on governing priorities for the next president. Live coverage on cspan2. We welcome you to the second phase of our conversation following up on Nick Eberstadts lecture about our country which has seen more than its share of challenges and unexpected turns. Next lecture will be one starting point for this and another will be the simple fact we are less than a month away from a president ial election. The winner of that election, the person who takes the oath of office will face ordinary challenges both those created by the pandemic, many of which nick just discussed and those that have been building long before and require attention and action. That person will confront unusual opportunities in this strange moment. It helps the president think about those challenges and opportunities about how to prioritize them and ai has been engaged in a special
Reagan socoming into office represented what i think Time Magazine is say iing here. A fresh start for so many people. Reagans hero was franklin roosevelt. Reagan was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio and saw in him a figure that would help restore hope to americans, the faith that better days ahead. Someone who retore stored a sense of can do spirit in americans and thats what reagan was all about. He came of age, not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and cold war, but in the shadow of the vietnam war, the disruptions of the 1970s and 1960s and for reagan, there had to be a better way. A more positive perspective. It was not enough to accept things as they were. There had to be a better way. He brought a muhao infusion of idealism that Many Americans were looking for after a decade, decade and a half following the vietnam war, the 1960s, when people were escaping rather than really seeking major fundamental chang
Teaches a class about the president Ronald Reagan and the end of the cold war. This class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic at the university of austin in texas provided the video. Okay lets go to our first slide if we could. Here we have Ronald Reagan. We talked in our last lecture about the disruptions of the 1960s, the changes in the 1970s. The social changes in the 1970s towards suburb besides a shun following the 1960s we talked about nixon and carter and the desire so Many Americans had for quiet, for silence, to escape, to escape the disruptions. To discuss escape the conflict, ronald raking coming into office in the 19 eighties, elected 1980 represented what Time Magazine is saying here. A fresh set for so many people. A sunny positive disposition. Ronald reagans hero was Franklin Roosevelt. Ronald reagan was of a Different Party but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. I will talk more about that in a couple minutes. So in ro