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The 1917 Revolution gave birth to both the reality and the myth of the Bolsheviks and the democratic left. The social democrats rejected the violence which was part of the communist party. They claimed to follow a democratic path to socialism. They turned Marx into a wise man that should not be taken too literally. A coalition against fascists

WWI was a kind of turning point. Bolshevism, National Socialism and fascism are related ideologies which surfaced after the war. Fascism was the wave of the future in 1920 with its notion of government central planning. Socialism was more ambiguous. Fascism did not become a wicked right-wing kind of ideology until the Nazis and Mussolini allied.

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.

Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004.

Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held in Atlanta, Georgia; 26-27 September 1997. [27:21]

Recorded at the Mises Institute, 7–8 October 2005. [28:30]

Recorded at the Mises Institute Supporters Summit in Auburn, Alabama, 12-14 October 2023. Sponsored by Mark Strategos.

Does 2022 America still have legitimate intellectuals? Professor Paul Gottfried joins Jeff and Bob to consider the state of real and pseudo-intellectualism.

Featuring David Gordon, Paul Gottfried, Peter Klein, and Joseph Salerno. Sponsored by Happy Baily and Charlie Martin.

Michael Rectenwald talks with Paul Gottfried about Paleoconservatism, the left, Wokism, the identity and ethos of the ruling elite, and decentralization. Join us in Nashville on September 23rd for a no-holds-barred discussion against the regime. Use code “Rekt23” for $45 off admission: