▁interview ▁ended ▁with ▁Gold berg ▁la ughing ▁and ▁Stewart ▁remark ing ▁" Can ▁we ▁air ▁any ▁of ▁this ? ". ▁The ▁recorded ▁interview ▁was ▁edited ▁for ▁broadcast . ▁ ▁Pos itive ▁reviews ▁Author ▁David ▁P ry ce - J ones , ▁a ▁colle ague ▁of ▁Gold berg ' s ▁at ▁National ▁Review , ▁wrote ▁ ▁Jon ah ▁Gold berg ▁arg ues ▁that ▁liber als ▁today ▁have ▁do ctr inal ▁and ▁emot ional ▁roots ▁in ▁tw enti eth - century ▁European ▁fasc ism . ▁Many ▁people ▁will ▁be ▁shock ed ▁just ▁by ▁the ▁thought ▁that ▁long ▁dis cred ited ▁fasc ism ▁could ▁mut ate ▁into ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁another ▁age . ▁It ' s ▁always ▁ex h ilar ating ▁when ▁someone ▁takes ▁on ▁received ▁opinion , ▁but ▁this ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁work ▁of ▁pam ph lete ering . ▁Gold berg ' s ▁insight , ▁supported ▁by ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁learning , ▁happens ▁to ▁be ▁right . ▁ ▁A ▁review ▁in ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁said : ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁provoc ative ▁and ▁well - res earch ed ▁book , ▁Gold berg ▁prob es ▁modern ▁liberal ism ' s ▁sp ook y ▁orig ins ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁fasc ist ▁politics . ▁... ▁Gold berg ' s ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁concept ual ▁overlap ▁between ▁fasc ism ▁and ▁ideas ▁em an ating ▁from ▁the ▁environmental ▁movement , ▁Hollywood , ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁and ▁what ▁he ▁calls ▁other ▁left - wing ▁org ans ▁is ▁shock ing ▁and ▁h il ari ous .