RADIOApril 27, 2022

Glenn SCHOOLS the left on the TRUE meaning of 'fascism'

The Washington Post — which decided to review Glenn’s book weeks after its release — apparently has a problem with how Glenn and coauthor Justin Haskins define fascism. So, in this clip, Glenn gives The Washington Post (and the rest of our far left media) a lesson, breaking down exactly what ‘fascism’ means AND why the Joe Biden administration is a perfect example of it today...

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GLENN: Oh, I know. And we've got a lot on the plate. And I want to start with this. And I don't want to make this self-serving. I want to make sure that this is understood. That we are making sure that everyone understands basic terminology. Basic systems of government.

And you can come out with the absolute facts, and you decide, which is which. Okay.

The Washington Post came out yesterday with a story. Glenn Beck is resurrecting rhetoric that is long falsely targeted Democratic presidents. This is strangely, after, what? Twelve weeks out. Fifteen weeks out. The book on the great reset. The Washington Post decided, not to do a book review. Because it's pretty clear, the guy didn't read the book. But it's not a book review. It's instead, an attack on me. Again, calling me Father Coughlin, which I -- oh, if anybody, but you progressives knew who he was, it would be so effective.

But only you guys know who he is. Because you gave birth to him. Anyway. The Washington Post says, according to the right-wing commentator, Glenn Beck, President Biden is a fascist. In his latest book, Beck and coauthor Justin Haskins warned that Biden is aligned with a cabal of international elites, plotting to create a new kind of fascism that resembles Nazi-era controls on businesses in Germany.

How is Biden promoting this takeover?

As far as Beck and Haskins are concerned, it's through his Build Back Better economic plan. Those are just efforts to combat climate change. And coronavirus mask and vaccine mandates. Is that what the Build Back Better plan is?

Because I think the people, you know, maybe all around the world, involved in the economic forum. Let's say the prime minister of Japan, who also ran on his Build Back Better plan.

Or the Build Back Better plan, that Boris Johnson ran on.

I don't think it's about mask mandates. But maybe that's just me. This alleged plot -- no. It's not an alleged plot. It's right there. If you read the book, you would see the 50 pages of fine print footnotes, quoting them. You're not having to look at a conspiracy theory or anything. I'm just quoting whitehouse.gov. Treasury.gov. WEF.org. That's all I'm doing.

So it's not really my theory. Anyway, the alleged plot, would probably surprise Biden. Biden is surprised every day, he still wakes up.

His support for labor unions, increased corporate taxes, and higher minimum wage, are widely opposed by the very same bankers and big businesses that Beck and Haskins assert are backing the fascist team. This guy is -- he's living in 1972. He has no idea what's happening in the current business world. Or he's just -- he's either a useful idiot, or he's a propagandist. Even the Beck claims don't make sense. They don't make sense?

How do they not make sense? That's weird. You know what doesn't make sense, that it's the number one best-selling book in the nation. Has been for weeks. Yet I'm 15 on the New York Times best-seller list. That doesn't make sense. The Fox News host, is the sixth most popular talk radio show in the country. Wow.

Actually I think I'm 15th in the New York Times. And I believe I'm 12th in talk radio.

Blah, blah, blah, blah. Equally important, Beck is tapping into deep, historical vein of conservative thinking.

Right-wing media, used remarkably similar and sometimes even harsher rhetoric against Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the 1930s.

Conservative commentators frequently compared Roosevelt to the tyrannical Adolf Hitler. Benito Mussolini and Josef Stalin, who were terrorizing their countries and menacing the world during his presidency.

First of all, you wouldn't know that Josef Stalin was terrorizing his people, because the New York Times was covering up all the atrocities. The New York Times was saying that Stalin was great.

TIME Magazine, Mussolini. He's great. So before we move on, let's figure out what fascism actually means.

Now, from Merriam-Webster, you have a political philosophy. A movement, or regime, such as that as the fasciste, that exalts nation and often race above the individual, and stands for centralized autocratic government, headed by a dictatorial leader. Severe economic and social regimentation and forcible suppression of opposition.

Okay. Who is suppressing the opposition?

Who is the one calling parents who stand up and say, I don't think this should be taught. Who is the one defining them as terrorists?

Who is the one that now -- I love Bezos, what a joke. By the way, have you seen his new building, in Virginia?

The new -- it's, again, phallic-shaped. I don't know what the deal is with this guy. It's more like a pig. It's like a -- anyway, so I don't know what it is about these guys. Where they seem to miss -- in fact, just yesterday, do we have Jen Psaki, on -- on Twitter and how we really should -- are we still going to talk to these people. Are we still going to make lists of who should be banned, and not? Listen.

VOICE: To a public health crisis. I'm wondering, regardless of ownership. Would the White House be interested in working with Twitter, like it has in the past. To continue to combat this kind of misinformation?

Or are we in a different part of the pandemic, where that kind of partnership is no longer necessary?

VOICE: Well, I think we engage regularly with all social media platforms, about steps that can be taken. That has continued. And I'm sure it will continue.

GLENN: Stop. Stop. What is she saying? What is she saying?

We contact social media regularly. And they have said it in the past, to give them lists of names, of people that should not be taken seriously. And maybe the algorithm should be changed.

By the way, Stu, did you see I gained 100,000 followers on Twitter, just last night? Isn't that crazy?

Isn't that nuts?

STU: No. I did not see that.

GLENN: Yeah. People all over the country. Conservatives are finding that their Twitter numbers just went up overnight.

STU: Hmm. That's really weird.

GLENN: Anyway, fascists believe. Now, this is according to Wikipedia. Tell me -- this is Wikipedia. Remember, run by Marxists. This is Wikipedia.

Help me out, Stu, on what you think maybe the Washington Post is missing here.

Fascists believe that liberal democracy. Let me define that. Liberal democracy. Means that people who believe in the maximum amount of freedom, before anarchy. Okay?

STU: Not like liberal in our current political sense.

GLENN: No. That was FDR that changed that, okay? He changed that to get rid of the constitutional argument. So a liberal democracy, is what I believe in. Okay?

The fascists believe that a liberal democracy is obsolete. Now, which side is it that says, that's an old, dusty document. The Founders are irrelevant. All the Constitution is irrelevant. Who is that?

The second sentence, they regard the complete -- listen to this. They regard the complete mobilization of society, under a totalitarian, one-party state, as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict, and to respond effectively to economic difficulties.

Now, how many times have you heard them say, global warming? This is a war.

How many times have you heard the Biden administration say about The Great Reset, that this is going to be a war that lasts for decade?

Why is he saying that? Because he needs to -- let's see. Complete mobilization of society. Under a totalitarian one-party state. Does anybody doubt -- does anybody doubt that the fascists or progressives in either party, wouldn't mind offing the other party, and say, yeah. It's all Republicans. It's all tells me. You would have a few Republicans. But you would have the majority of the Democrats. You certainly would have AOC, and Bernie, and everybody else. Okay. They also say a fascist state is led by a strong leader. Okay. They got me there. Okay. And marshal law of government, composed of the members of the governing fascist party. To forge national unity, and maintain a stable and orderly society. I would say that that's what happened during covid.

Fascism rejects assertions that violence is automatically negative.

Huh. Isn't that weird!

Like violence on January 6 was negative. But violence for BLM was not negative. They view political violence and war, as a means that can achieve national rejuvenation. Hmm.

Mark my word. That's going to become very important this fall. It might even happen after the Supreme Court issues all of its rulings. They are going to go batcrap crazy.

And I believe they're going to just try to burn this whole thing down. They also advocate a national economic self-efficiency, through protectionist, and economic interventionist policy.

What have you been hearing lately? The lie from them. This global thing is not working. We've got to -- we've got to really come back to our nation. I mean, I'm saying that for common sense.

But what they're saying is, that's why we have to globalize even more, through the Great Reset. They're using the terminology. But they're saying, but we're going to globalize even more. We're just going to cut half the globe out.

The extreme authoritarianism, and the nationalism, often manifests a belief in racial purity, or a master race.

Now, I think the fascists. That's why the book says, 21st Century Fascism, not 20th century. Because the fascists then were saying Jews.

And, by the way, fascism doesn't always include race. Doesn't. It often leads to that. People because are generally evil. That want to rule everybody's lives.

And generally nuts, and so they have to get rid of the people. And so they just get rid of more and more people. Anyway, you don't have to do that. But it also depends on who the fascist is.

Hitler was crazy nuts. Hated the Jews. So he blames it on the Jews.

That generally comes from a socialist standpoint. You know. Marxism. Hatred of the Jews. Kind of goes hand-in-glove. But Mussolini didn't. He didn't hate the Jews.

In fact, he really, really despised Hitler for that. And you know what is weird? Let me read this again. The extreme authoritarian. And nationalism, of fascism, often manifests in beliefs of racial purity, and a master race, kind of like white people are bad, no matter what they do. And black people, or people of color, are good, no matter what they do. So we've lost all reason, and we've lost Martin Luther King's idea of race doesn't matter. Who is pushing that race matters?

And that there's a bad race? Who is pushing that?

Is that the left? Or is that the right?

Hmm. Also, fascist regimes have been led to commit genocides. Massacres. Forced sterilization. Oh. Is that the left or the right? Was that the liberal Democratic person, or was that the progressive, that did that?

I don't know what you're missing, Washington Post. Other than logic, facts, history.

But it's good to know, that I must be getting under your skin.

I must have. For you to get a call to say, hey, could you write something on this book? For you to get that call from, I don't know who your overlord is. It must mean, that this is causing them some problems.

And I would just like to say, the book is available, wherever you buy books. You can get it online or go to GlennsNewBook.com and get it. It's called The Great Reset. Joe Biden and 21st century fascism.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Why Your Actions Matter More Than Words in the Eyes of God

Glenn Beck and Eric Metaxas expose the spiritual crisis gripping America’s churches — a moment they compare to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s warning before World War II. As the culture descends into moral confusion, too many Christians retreat into silence, claiming faith while refusing to act. Together, they argue that true belief demands courage — that “faith without works is dead” — and warn that neutrality in the face of evil is itself a form of complicity.

Watch the FULL Interview HERE

Is Socialism replacing the American dream?

The American Dream used to mean freedom and the chance to build your own life through hard work, faith, and independence. But today, it’s been replaced by comfort, consumption, and debt. Glenn Beck breaks down how America traded liberty for lifestyle, why socialism is gaining ground, and what it will take to reclaim the real American Dream before it disappears for good.

Transcript

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GLENN: I don't know if you saw the visualizing the American dream, Stu.

You know, what the American dream actually is, is that you can forge your own way.

You can -- you know, you can have a scrap of land, and grow your own food if up.

You can, you know, go to school. Not go to school.

You can find a job. If you're qualified for it, you have an equal chance of getting it, you know, based on merit.

But the percentage of Americans who say the American dream is retirement is 86 percent. Health care, 86 percent. Owning a home, 85. Raising two kids, 78. Owning a car, 72. Vacations, 71. Pets, 66. A wedding, 55 percent. That's the American dream, I can get married.

The American dream, if that's what you think, they've now estimated, the cost per household over the cost -- over the lifetime, retirement is $1.6 million. Owning a home now, 30-year mortgage, 20 percent you want to, is $957,594. Owning a car, buying and finance to begin with new cars every ten years is now $900,000 over your lifetime. Raising two kids to 18, plus four years of public college, $876,092. Two kids. Health care, over your lifetime, spending from ages 22 to 85, $414,000. Vacations, annual vacation from '22 to '85, $180,000. One dog and one cat for 11 to 13 years is $40,000!

That's more expensive than a wedding. The engagement ring, the ceremony, and the reception is now estimated to be $38,200.

There's a reason socialism is doing well. You look at that, and you're like, wow. I mean, if that's the American dream. And for a lot of people, that is the American dream!

That's not what the American dream is supposed to be, but, you know, once -- you know, once Woodrow Wilson and FDR got a hold of us and they started advertising, it became stuff instead of freedom. It became stuff. And, you know, when there's a new report out. Let me see if I have that.

There's a new report out now that shows, first time home buyers made up just 21 percent of the home purchases. That's the lowest on record.

The typical age of repeat buyers hit an all-time high of '62. The median downtowns, reaching 23 percent.

The highest since 2023.

And also, where is it?

The last one is -- the median age for first time home buyers, in 1981, it was 29 years old.

I'm sorry. Yeah. Twenty-nine years old. In 2021, it was 33 years old.

What is it this year?

Median age, first time homeowner, forty.

You're 40 before you can buy any kind of home. That puts these things that people want, dream about, out of reach, until you're 40?

You know, 29 is one thing. But if you're not seeing -- you're not seeing your life really kind of settling down until you're 40, I -- I can understand why you're like, you know what, this system doesn't work.

Because you've never seen it work. It's betrayed you.

Or so you've been sold. It's betrayed you.

And everything is being pushed out of your reach. And when you're young, the one thing you're not is patient.

And at 40, I can see why people are not, you know, yeah. Well, socialism is neat because capitalism isn't working. How would you respond to that?

STU: I mean, it's more lengthy than we have time for. But I would say that the response to, you know, you thinking that you want a home is not to embrace an ideology that murders 100 million people.

That's not -- that's not a good answer to the problem that you think you have.

GLENN: But they're not learning that anywhere.

They're not -- that is our responsibility! To teach those things. Because they're not learning it anywhere.

Glenn Beck Warns of 3 Economic Outcomes That Could Change EVERYTHING | Ep 467

Socialism is spreading fast among America’s youth, and the shocking election of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor in New York City marks a major cultural and economic shift. Glenn exposes how runaway debt, record home prices, AI job disruption, and the collapsing stake in capitalism have led many Millennials and members of Gen Z to embrace socialism and communism. He reveals the three possible economic futures for 2026: two that are disastrous and one that could change everything if the Trump administration’s global financial overhaul succeeds. Plus, Justin Haskins, president of the Heartland Institute, joins to reveal some terrifying truths about why young Americans are embracing socialism from a poll he conducted with Rasmussen Reports.

Glenn Beck warns: We're already in World War III

"The world doesn't understand yet. We're already in World War III," Glenn Beck warns. "That foe is not China. That foe is militant Islam." Glenn explains the battle we're currently facing and what's to come if we don't wake up soon...

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GLENN: From New Jersey, it's Brian. Hello, Brian.

CALLER: Hello!

GLENN: Hey.

CALLER: Yeah. Thanks for taking the calls today.

GLENN: Sure.

CALLER: Yeah. I'm worried that we are headed towards another French Revolution-style because we have entire generations. Or actually people just not being heard by their representatives.

GLENN: Hmm.

CALLER: And it's not just here. It's around the world.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

I -- actually, I had scheduled for this time, I'll just do it some other time. Talking about what's happening in -- in England.

I think England is headed for a Civil War. And -- and it's very close.

I mean, you can't put 4,000 people. 4,000 people, in jail, or try them for hate crimes. And speech crimes.

You can't -- you can't do it. In England!

You can't do that in one year. And expect people to just put up with it!

You can't -- you know, we're -- we're -- America doesn't understand yet.

The world doesn't understand.

We're in World War III. We're already in World War III.

I don't know when it becomes a hot war. Or even a war that we on our side recognize. But we are in World War III. And that -- that foe is not China.

That foe is militant Islam, period. And, you know, when we have a situation to where people are -- when the government is just like, no. It's not a problem.

It's not a problem. You know. You've got illegals all over.

It's not a problem.

It's not a problem.

It is a problem. Don't tell me what -- what the problems are not!

Because we're the ones living it!

You're the experts, who keep telling us, no. It's going to work out fine.

And it doesn't work out fine. And it just gets worse and worse.

Oh. We can spend this money. No. It looks like we can't spend this money. Oh, we can afford this. No. It looks like we can't afford this.

You know, if we do this with Ukraine, it will work out fine. No, it didn't, did it? These endless wars, all of this stuff, don't tell me what the problem is. Listen to the people and start talking to the people. Honestly, this is the reason why I'm doing this today. I -- I need to hear from you.

I need to know what's on your mind, so I stay focused and -- and clear on what America is saying.

Because I don't think -- look, you know, me taking phone calls is -- is not a true representation of anything, but it does give me a sense of -- of where you are, as an audience. Maybe not as America, but as an audience. And there are lots of things that concern me. But I want to hear it from you.
But I think you're right! We're headed for real, real trouble. All you need is real economic trouble.

You start getting real, true economic trouble. 1930s kind of depression stuff. And we're in Civil War.

Dan, Oregon. Welcome!

CALLER: Hello, Glenn. How are you?

GLENN: I'm great!

CALLER: Yeah. Good. It's been a long time.

I guess it's been over ten years, since I've had a chance to talk with you. I was one of your first insiders. I was listening to you, since you were in Florida.

GLENN: Wow. Wow.

CALLER: So it's been a long -- yeah. It has been. And I can't say I've enjoyed all of it.
(laughter)

GLENN: Neither have I!

STU: I can't say that either, I'll be honest with you.

CALLER: You know, you were talking on yesterday's show, reminiscing with Stu about how you guys started. And I remember those old shows. And, you know, at the end of the -- the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Right.

CALLER: And there was a lot more entertainment. I remember I laughed a lot.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. I know. I know. Those days are long dead.
(laughter)

STU: There's nothing to laugh about now.

CALLER: Yeah. I -- I'm 78. I still work 40 hours a week. I love my job.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: Been married for 55 years. I have seven kids.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: I've got a daughter -- I've got a daughter who is in her 40s. And she has severe TDS. She -- we don't -- I mean, we're not cutting each other off. She hasn't done that at all. We're still very close as a family. But she was down visiting the other day, and got into a conversation with my wife. And I wasn't in the room. But Kathy said it was just like listening to one of those young people out on the street that was being interviewed by the news media. And she was -- and she was in tears about it. My wife and my daughter both.

And, I mean, I love her, and I continue to support her. She's a single woman, not by choice. She just never found the right guy.

GLENN: Yeah.

CALLER: And I really think that's part of the problem. Because she started reading -- back when Trump was first running, she started reading all of this stuff about him being misogynistic and all of this stuff.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

CALLER: And it's just gotten worse. I -- I'm at a loss. I really am. Because I -- like, I see the country doing better. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. But I still feel like that at least right now, we're doing better as a whole. But what do we do about -- what do we do about our kids about -- she went to Portland State University for the last two --

GLENN: Oh, jeez, for the love of --

CALLER: Well, yeah. For the last two years, she went to -- she went to a little college in Idaho called Ricks for the first two years, and Utah State.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

CALLER: And then she served a mission for our church in Brazil and came home, but then she went to Portland State University. And it just seems to have gone downhill from there.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. So, Dan, I think you are suffering from the same thing that almost all parents are suffering from. If you're not suffering from this, then, I mean, God bless you. You know, get on your knees and thank God. Because you are a lucky, lucky family. Everybody has in their family. I have it in my family.

And you have to ask yourself, what is your goal?

My -- what is your goal with your daughter? Your real goal?

CALLER: My real goal is for us to be united eternally. That's my goal. That's my goal as a father and has been to teach her --

GLENN: And how -- and how is that going to happen with politics?

CALLER: We just stay together as a family regardless of what politics does.

GLENN: That's exactly right. Exactly right.

I think we're in a place now where as parents, you can ask your kids, but it has to be honest. It cannot be trying to win. It has to be honest. How did you get there?

I mean, I remember. You know, we've talked about this before. And you didn't believe that before. What has changed?

Can you help me with that?

I would like to see what you're reading, or what that was.

And just ask questions. But they have to be honest. They can't be, you know, because I'm setting you up. Because I want to change your mind.

But keep a dialogue open with them. And just love them!

Just love them!

Because if you do anything else, you're going to drive them away. And then they're really lost. So just love them.

CALLER: Oh, I know that. Glenn, when she was young -- when she was young, I considered her one of the elect. And the Scripture says, that in the last days, even the elect are going to be deceived. And that's what I'm seeing. But everything you've said, I -- I am doing. I'm doing it that way. Because I know --

GLENN: Okay. Good. Then you didn't need to -- I appreciate it. I'm so glad you called me. But you didn't need to -- my advice, you already have it down. You're a very wise man.