Simon & Schuster recently announced that Mark Levin’s American Marxism book had sold 1,000,000 copies.
Levin is the perfect representative of the contemporary conservative movement. After declaring himself “Never Trump,” Levin quickly bent the knee once Trump won and repositioned himself as one of Trump’s right-wing media toadies.
Simon & Schuster “applauds Mark Levin for his compelling scholarship and work.”
Levin is the perfect scholar for the Trump age. People began noticing that in interviews about his book, Levin would refer to “The Franklin School” when he apparently meant the Frankfurt School.
But it wasn’t just in his interviews. Throughout the entirety of his “scholarly” triumph of a book, Levin also refers repeatedly to “The Franklin School.”
In a bizarre audio clip, Levin argues that critics pointing out such a fundamental error in his book actually represents a pat on the back.
That’s the best they could do. That’s the best attack you could launch? That’s not an attack at all. In fact, it’s the opposite. In a strange way it’s a pat on the back.
Levin thinks that his critics scoured his book for errors and could only come up with “The Franklin School.” In fact, it’s the opposite. When readers and critics run across such fundamental errors and ignorance, there is no point in giving further credence or consideration to the author’s case.