Ominous Parallels
by
Eric Paul Nolte
As I woke up this morning, I was musing on the fact that today is the 8th of May, which is V.E. Day, the 76th anniversary of Victory in Europe, the victory of the Allies over Germany. This victory followed some five years of excruciating conflict to stop the national socialist ethos that animated the German war machine.
It was this ethos, this philosophy, and the long-growing parallels with it, that inspired Leonard Peikoff to publish his 1982 book, _The Ominous Parallels: the End of Freedom in America_.
How sad and angering to think how far the U.S. has continued its descent towards a government that has now unleashed the inner totalitarians who live inside a staggering number of our citizens. I feel beside myself when trying to make sense of the madness we are now witnessing, especially in this last horrible year. This descent is as sad as it is maddening. What to do?
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