The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent

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Ben Shapiro

The Authoritarian Moment

How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent

Ben Shapiro

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HARPER360
15 September 2021

History; Ethical issues & debates; Human rights

New York Times Bestseller

How far are Americans willing to go to force each other to fall in line

According to the establishment media, the intelligentsia, and our political chattering class, the greatest threat to American freedom lies in right-wing authoritarianism. We’ve heard that some 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump represent the rise of American fascism; that conservatives have allowed authoritarianism to bloom in their midst, creating a grave danger for the republic.

But what if the true authoritarian threat to America doesn’t come from the political right, but from the supposedly anti-fascist left

There are certainly totalitarians on the political right. But statistically, they represent a fringe movement with little institutional clout. The authoritarian left, meanwhile, is ascendant in nearly every area of American life. A small number of leftists—college-educated, coastal, and uncompromising—have not just taken over the Democratic Party but our corporations, our universities, our scientific establishment, our cultural institutions. And they have used their newfound power to silence their opposition.

The authoritarian Left is aggressively insistent that everyone must conform to its values, demanding submission and conformity. The dogmatic Left is obsessed with putting people in categories and changing human nature. Everyone who opposes it must be destroyed.

Ben Shapiro looks at everything from pop culture to the Frankfurt school, social media to the Founding Fathers, to explain the origins of our turn to tyranny, and why so many seem blind to it.

More than a catalog of bad actors and intemperate acts, The Authoritarian Moment lays bare the intolerance and rigidity creeping into all American ideology – and prescribes the solution to ending the authoritarianism that threatens our future.

By: Ben Shapiro
Imprint: HARPER360
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 343g
ISBN: 9780063237438
ISBN 10: 0063237431
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 September 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ben Shapiro is editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and host of The Ben Shapiro Show, the top conservative podcast in the nation. A New York Times bestselling author, Shapiro is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and an Orthodox Jew, his work has been profiled in nearly every major American publication, and he has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows. He has appeared as the featured speaker at many conservative events on campuses nationwide, several of those appearances targeted by progressive and Antifa activists.