Liars: How Progressives Exploit Our Fears for Power and Control

Hardcover – August 2, 2016
352
English
1476798850
9781476798851
01 Aug
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck, #1 bestselling author and radio host, reveals the cold truth behind the ideology of progressivism and how the tenets of this dangerous belief system are eroding the foundation of this country.

WHY DO WE ACCEPT THE LIES?

Politics is no longer about pointing to a shining city on the hill; it’s about promising you a shiny new car for your driveway. The candidate who tells the people what they want to hear is usually the one who wins—facts be damned.

Politicians may be sleazy and spineless, but they’re not stupid. They see that the way to win is by first telling people everything that is wrong with the world, and then painting a vision of the life they want—a Utopian vision that they’ll create right here on earth, one where no one is ever sick or hungry, jobless, or homeless. All we have to do is surrender our freedom and someone else’s wallet and they’ll make it happen.

And so they continue to lie, and we continue to believe them, and they keep winning elections.

The only way to break the cycle is to understand why Americans fall for the deception over and over again. In Liars, #1 bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck reveals the startlingly simple answer: fear.

At our most basic level, we’re all afraid of something. Progressives from both parties exploit this by first pointing out the things we should be afraid of, and then offering us “solutions” to these fears. Solutions that always require us to give up our freedoms. Solutions that are based on two things: lies, and an unrelenting hunger for power and control.

In his signature no-holds-barred way, Beck destroys the false promises of Progressivism and takes us through its history, showing how each “wave” built up on the one before it, ultimately washing up to the beach in the form of Barack Obama—and whoever is next.

Reviews (435)

IMHO Everyone should read this.

This book is a real eye opener on the propaganda machine in this country. It's well written, easy to understand and is sourced like all of Glenn's books are. I don't understand any of the negative reviews other than just trying to make it look bad because of the messenger. If you listen to the message and quit criticizing the messenger, you may just learn something.

Good Read, period.

Another good read from Glenn Beck. I suggest anyone looking for what ails this country of ours, to read all of Glenn Beck's books. Same goes for Ann Coulter, Sharyl Addkisson books. The only people that refuse to accept reality are those that choose to learn nothing but lies, and will not accept the truth. Remember, the more you read, the harder it is for bad ideas from to succeeding. The last eight years are proof of that.

A MUST READ Book!!!

Every Patriotic American should order this book and READ it!!! Our Nation has been taken over by Progressives on both sides of the aisle in all branches of Government!!! Glenn Beck has done us all a great service by explaining the History behind this movement and writing this book to empower all of us to take charge!!! As Glenn says: "Self-reliance, Independence, Charity, Compassion, Kindness and Hope are the antidotes to the disease of Progressivism."

Deep thoughts easy to read

The book is fun to read. Compassion and fear is very dangerous in politics and is easy the "gate (that) is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction" . Individualism, self reliance and being responsible for your own destiny and actions are "the gate (that) is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life." Matthew 7:13-14 is a very short summary of the book. It is one of the reasons why it is harder to campaign on principles and not populism. The book is well researched.

Glenn Beck has worked hard to make a great read out of a scary group of politicians

Everyone should read this book. The history of the progressives is told in a way that you understand the end goal. Glenn Beck has worked hard to make a great read out of a scary group of politicians, their motives, the lies they tell, and how they pretend to have your best interests at heart. They don't. Well researched. I couldn't put it down. It is like reading a great piece of fiction but it isn't fiction. It's fact.

Never saw a Glenn Beck book that I didn't like. Some people think he's a nut but that's ...

Never saw a Glenn Beck book that I didn't like. Some people think he's a nut but that's because they've not done the research to verify what he's discovered. He shared info about Haj Amin al Husseini a/k/a The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who was a rabid anti-semite and was based in Berlin during WWII. He broadcast national socialism into the middle east and planted the seeds that are now the radical Islamic movement which is attempting to re-establish the Caliphate. Glenn didn't make this up and it's not conspiracy stuff either.

Study history. Stop repeating it.

If more people read this and studied the history of the progressive erosion of our liberties over the past century plus, we might not be in the mess we're in today. Get this and read it. Learn history. Learn how statists and ruling class politicians take our liberties away in the name of security and protection. Learn how we have been willing participants in this erosion of freedom.

Very good exposition on the evil that progressivism represents.

Very good account on the history of progressivism. Beck describes the evil of the left that is destroying the US. I know, first hand, what the left is capable of doing after almost 15 years of socialist government in Brazil. They are a bunch of hypocrites that want to keep the people under their total control. The only problem in this book is the wrong view of men espoused by Beck, much for his wrong view of biblical Christianity.

For years Americans stood pretty firm against Communism

Everyone should read this in order to understand the Progressives and what they stand for. It is important. For years Americans stood pretty firm against Communism. Today they know the word but not much about what it means To add to the problem many Americans think Progressivism is something good for the country but they don't realize that Progressivism equals Communism by another name. Read Glenn's book.

A must read for the Millenials!

A must read if you are 'confused' by our current political system. This will teach you of the corruption and selflessness, power hunger attitudes of the two party system and how they play into our basic fears. If you do not read this, you are one of the sheep. Be an informed citizen and make an educated vote when the elections begin. The information in this book can help you're decision to vote for constitutional candidates, if you do your homework.

IMHO Everyone should read this.

This book is a real eye opener on the propaganda machine in this country. It's well written, easy to understand and is sourced like all of Glenn's books are. I don't understand any of the negative reviews other than just trying to make it look bad because of the messenger. If you listen to the message and quit criticizing the messenger, you may just learn something.

Good Read, period.

Another good read from Glenn Beck. I suggest anyone looking for what ails this country of ours, to read all of Glenn Beck's books. Same goes for Ann Coulter, Sharyl Addkisson books. The only people that refuse to accept reality are those that choose to learn nothing but lies, and will not accept the truth. Remember, the more you read, the harder it is for bad ideas from to succeeding. The last eight years are proof of that.

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