The South’s Most Successful Export: Joseph Kelly on the Prehistory of American Fascism

Podcast: Keen On America · Andrew Keen

Opublikowano: 2026-10-24

“There are ways of being evil that are not fascist, but I don’t think there’s a way of being fascist without being evil.” — Joseph Kelly INTRO On yesterday’s show, Anthony Badger, author of Prosperity Road, told the story of America’s transformation into a global superpower between 1920 and 1945. Today is the prequel. Joseph Kelly, author of The Biggest Lie, narrates the story of America between 1818 and 1915. It’s what he calls the “prehistory of American fascism”. There’s no prosperity here. Nor nostalgia. It’s a miserable story. The “biggest lie”, for...