Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-01-09
Books mentioned on Part One: How Orange County Incubated American Fascism
Robert sits down with Francesca Fiorentini to talk about how Orange County, California gave birth to the modern Republican Party, thanks to some arms dealers and a howling fascist named John Schmitz. (2 Part Series) Sources: https://cafe.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Suburban Warriors
Suburban Warriors by Lisa McGirr is a historical examination of the rise of right-wing grassroots conservatism in Orange County, California.
Discussed“quote by 1962 defense had become the nation's largest business and from 1946 to 1965 62% of the federal budget went to defense these huge expenditures catalyzed the affluent society and directly and indirected affected the lives of every American well defense money drove National Economic growth through regions that profited most directly were the Sun Belt South and West”
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You can trust the Communists (to be Communists)
Discussed“schwarz's claim to fame is a book called you can trust the Communists to be Communists which had a stunningly subtle sequel you can still trust the Communists to mean communist socialist and progressives too”
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Problems of Leninism
Discussed“like I don't know any Communists who who who use the word beautiful to describe like communist propaganda as much as this guy does like he [ __ ] loves it he he writes about how like a a wonderful book like problems of leninism by Joseph Stalin can be acquired for just a few cents in any bookstore in”
