Month: September 2024

In 1979 when Ronald Reagan ran for the presidency, he did so as a Conservative, with a capital C. The liberals were hippies who smoked marijuana, got abortions for their girlfriends, and neglected their children. Such, at least, was the image into which conservative Republicans cast liberal Democrats. In contrast, Conservatives—exemplified by Ronald […]

Hitler recognized that the direct takeover of private property provokes powerful emotional and political resistance. One of the secrets of his rise to power was that he managed to portray the National Socialist movement as opposed to such a measure, indeed to Communism itself. As Robert Proctor notes, Hitler understood that there was no need […]