For years, -gr-from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of ''soft'' totalitarianism cropping up in America -- something more Brave New World than Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity politics are beginning to encroach on every aspect of life. Civil liberties are increasingly seen as a threat to ''safety''. Progressives marginalise conservative, traditional Christians, and other dissenters. Technology and consumerism hasten the possibility of a corporate surveillance state. And the pandemic, having put millions out of work, leaves many vulnerable to demagogic manipulation.
In Live Not By Lies, Dreher amplifies the alarm sounded by the brave men and women who fought totalitarianism. He explains how the totalitarianism facing us today is based less on overt violence and more on psychological manipulation. He tells the stories of modern-day dissidents -- clergy, laity, martyrs, and confessors from the Soviet Union and the captive nations of Europ
