The Authoritarians

I thought there was a much larger "Authoritarians" topic somewhere, but I couldn't find it.Anyway, much belatedly, I got into reading "The Authoritarians". But now I've gotten sidetracked into reading the John Dean book "Conservatives without Conscience", which Bob Altmeyer cites in his book. It was John Dean that encouraged Altmeyer to write the topic theme book."Conservatives without Conscience" was originally intended to be a John Dean / Barry Goldwater collaboration, but Barry's health took a turn for the worse before such could happen.Anyway, I've just gotten through the 28 pages of preface, which was quite interesting in itself.Basically, I'm giving the book a plug.Conservatives without Conscience - Wikipedia
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Now I found it (before I had searched topic titles for "Authoritarians", the desired topic was sans "s"): Are You an Authoritarian?That topic is currently at 132 messages.MooseAdded by edit - But there is also a lot of messages at the Dreamcatcher topic NWR linked to.Edited by Minnemooseus, : See above.

It would have been nice to have had Barry Goldwater as a co-author. Would the current version of the right-wing accuse him of not being a "real conservative"? Maybe they'd declare him to be a liberal.Bottom line - It would have much greater impact, to have Barry being the one critical of modern conservatism.MooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : Change ID.

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Classical liberalism developed in the 19th century... {snip} Classical liberals established political parties that were called "liberal", although in the United States classical liberalism came to dominate both existing major political parties.

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Are you not referring to a 19th century political philosophy that was adopted by mainstream modern conservatives (including Barry Goldwater)? Are not today's social conservatives some mutant (neo-conservative???) niche that has strayed from "true conservatism"? They are the ones that want government to keep out of the peoples personal business, except where they want government to intrude into peoples personal business. The ones who might think of Barry Goldwater as being a liberal? Are you one of them?MooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : Forgot to change subtitle.

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