Glenn Beck - Arguing with Socialists

OTHER BOOKS BY GLENN BECK

ADDICTED TO OUTRAGE

LIARS

THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS

IT IS ABOUT ISLAM

AGENDA 21: INTO THE SHADOWS

DREAMERS AND DECEIVERS

CONFORM: EXPOSING THE TRUTH ABOUT COMMON CORE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION MIRACLES AND MASSACRES

THE EYE OF MOLOCH

CONTROL: EXPOSING THE TRUTH ABOUT GUNS

AGENDA 21

COWARDS: WHAT POLITICIANS, RADICALS, AND THE MEDIA REFUSE TO SAY

BEING GEORGE WASHINGTON

SNOW ANGEL

THE ORIGINAL ARGUMENT: THE FEDERALISTS CASE FOR THE CONSTITUTION, ADAPTED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

THE 7: SEVEN WONDERS THAT

WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE BROKE: THE PLAN TO RESTORE OUR TRUST, TRUTH AND TREASURE THE OVERTON WINDOW

ARGUING WITH IDIOTS: HOW TO STOP SMALL MINDS AND BIG GOVERNMENT GLENN BECKS COMMON SENSE: THE CASE AGAINST AN OUT-OF-CONTROL GOVERNMENT, INSPIRED BY THOMAS PAINE THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER

AN INCONVENIENT BOOK: REAL SOLUTIONS TO THE WORLDS BIGGEST PROBLEMS

THE REAL AMERICA: EARLY WRITINGS FROM THE HEART AND HEARTLAND

TO ALL THOSE SEARcHING FOR TRUTH AND REFUSING TO SUrRENDEr YOUR SENSE OF HUMOr. HONEST AND BOLD QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS BETTER THAN BLINDFOLDED FEAR.

Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts

An Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

1230 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

www.SimonandSchuster.com

Copyright 2020 by Mercury Radio Arts, Inc.

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information, address Threshold Editions Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

First Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition April 2020

THRESHOLD EDITIONS and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

GLENN BECK is a trademark of Mercury Radio Arts, Inc.

For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or business@simonandschuster.com.

The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information, or to book an event, contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com.

Designed by Alexander Somoskey

Illustrated by Bryndon Everett

Jacket design by Alexander Somoskey / Mercury Radio Arts

Jacket illustration by Bryndon Everett / Mercury Radio Arts

Author photograph by Steven Visneau / Mercury Radio Arts

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Beck, Glenn, author.

Title: Arguing with socialists / written and edited by Glenn Beck; contributors, Justin Haskins, Donald Kendal, Stu Burguiere, Alexander Somoskey, Jacob Thompson, Bryndon Everett.

Description: New York : Threshold Editions, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: In Arguing With Socialists, New York Times bestselling author Glenn Beck arms readers to the teeth with information necessary to debunk the socialist arguments that have once again become popular, and proves that the free market is the only way to goProvided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019060240 (print) | LCCN 2019060241 (ebook) | ISBN 9781982140502 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781982140519 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781982140526 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: SocialismPolitical aspects. | Communism. | Capitalism. | Free enterprise.

Classification: LCC HX73 .B423 2020 (print) | LCC HX73 (ebook) | DDC 335dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019060240

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019060241

ISBN 978-1-9821-4050-2

ISBN 978-1-9821-4052-6 (ebook)

I hate these things because I always forget too many people. Let me start with my agents at United Talent Agency: Brent Weinstein, Jay Sures, and Byrd Leavell. They are the very best and have always believed in me, even when I didnt. Thanks to Tyler Cardon, a miracle worker, who saw my vision, didnt try to change it, but instead made it better. Justin Haskins and Donald Kendal, who have rocked this book. It has been a fun journey. I have learned a lot. Thanks for making me look good:) Stu Burguiere, whose contributions were brilliant, as always. Heres to another twenty years! Pat Gray, heres to another thirty! We used to laugh so hard wed pee our pants. Just think, thirty years from now, we wont need the laughter to pee and crap our pants. Alexander Somoskey, who was mocked relentlessly in college because he had the balls to say out loud that his goal was to work for me someday. They mocked, I hired, and Ive enjoyed our creative collaboration ever since. Thanks to Bryndon for the illustrations and Jake for the design work. Thank you for putting up with the insane hours and never bitching when we didnt get to sleep.

Thank you to my radio team, TV team, and the entire Blaze Media family. Rikki, Booey, Sara, Sarah, Marissa, Adam, Kase, Clayton, Kyra, Jay, the social media team, you all rock! To Rob and the floor crew, producers, and directors, who always make me look good even when I change everything at the last minute. Thanks to all of the Blaze Media talent. I am honored to call you coworkers and friends. Together, we truly are greater than the sum of our parts. Together we can change the world. Thanks to all of my writers and researchers: Jason, Nathan, Larry, Justin. You guys are the best. Thanks to my social media team. Thanks to Chelsea Cardon, whom I first met as she worked on my Man in the Moon stage show in 2013. I almost killed her with work. Thanks for never giving up and always overdelivering.

Thanks to my family for never saying a negative word when I have to go off to write every year for weeks on end. Tania, Mary, Hannah, Raphe, Cheyenne, Tim, Lorelei, Coen and Uno, I love you. Tania, I need you more than ever. Bishop Lance for keeping me from going too far off the path. Your friendship has saved me from myself. Robert, Colleen, and family. Matthew, thanks for asking me to officiate at your wedding. It meant a ton you bum:) Mark and Rick of Gavin de Becker & Associates and my detail Chad and Caesar (good with a gun, but deadly with a hair dryer). I will never understand why you would take a bullet for me, and lets make sure we never have to see if you actually would. Thank you to my Scottish Executive Assistant at MRA Craig Pooleyeah, yeah, the Scots invented everything, including freedom, apparently. But it took Americans to get it done and our leader didnt need face paint or a skirt. Long live the queen.

Finally thank you to Carolyn Reidy and the whole team at Simon & Schuster. Thanks for believing and pushing me over the years. 14 years and 13 #1 best sellers and, what, 7 or 8 others in the top five? I have lost count. It has been a great run. Thank you for the support.

See, you have been scanning for your name and it isnt here. That bastard! He forgot me. I know thats what it looks like but your name isnt here because I didnt want to embarrass you with my fawning. You are far too modest and humble :-) Finally, dear reader, thank YOU. You have changed my life. You are part of the best audience one could hope for. Stay strong. Have faith. He is in charge.