Summary: Ameritopia E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Political Book Summaries
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 25

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

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The must-read summary of Mark Levin's book: "Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America".

This complete summary of "Ameritopia" by Mark Levin, a New York Times #1 bestseller outlines the author's description of an ideal, utopian American society. He argues that when the government enacts laws to create distribute wealth in a fairer way, they are in reality getting closer to tyranny. The popular work leaves the reader with a compelling message about freedom and the threat posed to the American republic.

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Book Presentation: Ameritopia by Mark Levin

Book Abstract

Ameritopia is the attempt to mold the United States of America into some kind of “utopia” – an idealized society where the federal government claims the ability and authority to provide for all the wants and needs of its citizens in exchange for their abject servitude. Utopianism, while cloaking itself in the pursuit of an idealized society where all are prosperous and successful, is in fact a form of creeping tyranny which directly threatens America’s liberty, way of life and national character.

Any time the government enact laws which attempt to redistribute wealth in order to create a “fairer” society, it is in reality taking a step away from liberty towards tyranny. As the federal government continues to expand its power and reach, the paradigm changes for everyone. Today, for example, it is rare for citizens to questions whether it is appropriate for the federal government to undertake a given task, no matter how large or inconsequential. This is the utopian mindset at work.

“I remain convinced that we, the people, are at great risk. There simply are no easy answers to the challenges we face. It will take nothing short of a prodigious effort, of the kind I discussed in Liberty and Tyranny, over a course of many decades, to reestablish America as a constitutional republic. However, this is an effort we must make, no matter how complicated and daunting.”

– Mark Levin

About the Author

Mark Levin is a nationally syndicated talk radio host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation. He is a well-known constitutional lawyer and was an adviser to several members of Ronald Reagan’s cabinet including acting as Chief of Staff to the Attorney General of the United States. He is the author of several books including Liberty and Tyranny and Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America.

Summary of Ameritopia (Mark Levin)

What is utopianism?

In simple terms utopianism is the idea that the state knows best and should be left to create an “ideal” society for the benefit of its population. It is the concept that individual liberty is unnecessary but that a paradisaical existence for all will be realized if everyone will just follow instructions and do what the ruling political masterminds tell us we should be doing.

“Tyranny, broadly defined, is the use of power to dehumanize the individual and delegitimize his nature. Political utopianism is tyranny disguised as a desirable, workable, and even paradisiacal governing ideology. There are, of course, unlimited utopian constructs, for the mind is capable of infinite fantasies. But there are common themes. The fantasies take the form of grand social plans or experiments, the impracticability and impossibility of which, in small ways and large, lead to the individual’s subjugation.”