Ameritopia

I have not posted a Reading List in a while. (Here, here, here, and...here.) I read this book by Mark Levin earlier in the year.  Recently, I saw an article referencing the Epilogue to it. Brought back some of the finer points of the book.  I may have to pick it up and re-read over the holidays. Here is a good review by those smarter than the average bear. Meanwhile, a little excerpt is below.....

No society is guaranteed perpetual existence. But I have to believe
that the American people are not ready for servitude, for if
this is our destiny, and the destiny of our children, I cannot conceive that any people, now or in the future, will successfully resist it for long. I have to believe that this generation of Americans will not condemn future generations to centuries of misery and darkness. The Tea Party movement is a hopeful sign. Its members come from all walks of life and every corner of the country. These citizens have the spirit and enthusiasm of the Founding Fathers, proclaim the principles of individual liberty and rights in the Declaration, and insist on the federal government’s compliance with the Constitution’s limits. This explains the utopian fury against them.

They are astutely aware of the peril of the moment. But there are
also the Pollyannas and blissfully indifferent citizens who must be
roused and enlisted lest the civil society continue to unravel and
eventually dissolve, and the despotism long feared take firm hold.
Upon taking the oath of office on January 20, 1981, in his first
inaugural address President Ronald Reagan told the American
people:

If we look to  the answer as  to why for  so many years we
achieved so much, prospered as no other people on earth, it was
because here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual
genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before.
Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more avail-
able and assured here than in any other place on earth. The price
for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been
unwilling to pay that price. It is no coincidence that our present
troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and
intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive
growth of government. It is time for us to realize that we are too
great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We’re not, as
some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline.
I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we
do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.

Ameritopia by Mark "F. Lee" Levin.  (Click to Order)