I'm halfway through the book.
Picked it up thanks to your recommendation a while back.
I've been enjoying it a lot!
The commonality between Fascism, Socialism and Communism is one of those things that's so obvious that I can't unsee it anymore. For me, there's no going back to being a 'left winger' or a 'right winger' as it's defined nowadays.
There are so many economic policies I've become actively opposed to, as I can understand what they will inevitably lead to.
Nice! I'm humbled you would take my advice! Such a good and important book.
Completely agree about the 'right-wing' 'left-wing' thing. Spot on.
His 'The Fatal Conceit' is a great follow-up, btw.
(If you're a religious-minded person, Machen's Christianity and Liberalism has many similarities, applied to the modernists.)
Yep, fatal conceit is on my list.
Been reading a lot of Rothbard as well. Currently reading his Ethics of Liberty and For a New Liberty.
Mises, Bastiat, Aquinas, Lord Acton and Locke are other people whose works I want to read soon.
Will add Machen to the list as well, thanks for the recommendation!
I am religious-minded but I'm a practicing Hindu. Been trying to take a revisionist approach to Hinduism in an attempt to reconcile it with natural law and natural rights theories as interpretated from the point of view of the individual rather than a top-down authority like a State or a Caste.
My instincts and experiences as I've explored the religion tells me it can be done. I'm actively looking for others who have done this exercise before me.
I'm eager to listen in, if I may, to your journey. Please do share your explorations!
