American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character

VIDEO SUMMARY: In “American Betrayal”, Diana West argues that – current policies today notwithstanding – America began to abandon its core ideals and march toward Socialism nearly 75 years ago.

Starting in the late 1930’s, at the time of FDR, the Soviets were already in a position to take advantage of the many communist sympathizers in the U.S. Not only FDR, but also Presidents Truman and Eisenhower and those in their inner circles played roles in enabling the U.S.S.R. as well as concealing the massive Moscow-directed penetration of American society. West shows that the system of spies designed to denigrate the American way of life was deep and extensive.

Commentary

I would agree with her general argument, however, in my own research for “Our Virtuous Republic” I found much older efforts to attack our unique American identity. In 1904, Max Weber stepped on the shores of the United States and knew almost immediately that his thesis had been validated.

But there were plots from European progressives and their American counterparts to eradicate the mainstream American Protestant ethic prior, which is where our “core ideals” are derived. That, unfortunately, is a whole other book. —>