A Review Of Mark Levin’s Ameritopia From A Regular American

I’ve never written a book review before, but Mark Levin sent me an advance copy of his new book, Ameritopia – The Unmaking Of America, and I accepted his offer as a privilege and an honor. I am very grateful and excited that he chose me to be one of the first to read it, and give my reaction to it. Mark is a wonderful teacher, and I, as one of his millions of students, can’t be more relieved that he took the time to read and highlight the writings and philosophies of historical thinkers so that we can see where America’s founding comes from, and how utopian thought not only ends in misery, but is contrary to nature, and reduces man to slavery.

Ameritopia should be a text book for high school juniors and seniors across the nation, in every public school. It fills the vacuum-of-awareness of the country they live in, that could be had by an American by the time they reach 18, and are let loose from mandatory public schooling.

In a relatively short book, (only 248 pages, and 10 pages of Research Notes) Mark Levin has provided the words of philosophers and thinkers from history, showing that there is a divide in theory from Americanism and, to borrow a word from Levin’s previous book, Liberty And Tyranny, statism. He shows us how central planning “masterminds” and controlling micro-managers take away our natural, God-given rights and force us into slavery, killing our ideas, our potential and our dreams.

American Philosophy 101 rejects utopianism, perfection, equality in outcomes, big government, and class warfare, and instead focuses on the laws of nature, the goodness of the individual, the value of his labor, the influence of God, and restraint in government.

The first half of Ameritopia is a study of how the utopian views people as pawns, “ignorant masses” that need to be controlled, and uses that view as a starting point for creating rights and forcing neat outcomes. Utopianism is sold as an easy way, a promised land, a serene level, a high life. It says all you need to do to have a perfect future is to give your labor, your thoughts, your life, and your children to those who would govern you, and you’ll never have to worry again.

It’s kind of like selling your soul to the Devil.

But oh, the second half of Ameritopia, what a bold contrast! Things you know, instinctively, are written by those who would have been drawn from by the founders of this great Nation! The Spirit of America was written by Locke and Montesquieu, and observed by Tocqueville. Our founders rejected both the slavery of man and the slavery of an unrestrained government. They threw off the yoke from their would-be masters and forged a new government where they, as citizens, would be masters of their governors.

However, the utopians never give up trying to control us, and with the election of Woodrow Wilson, our nation began to stumble, being led by a man and a movement, a counter-revolution, that offers the high life, if only we give them everything we have including our selves. Mark Levin traces the words and actions of Wilson, FDR, LBJ, and now, Barack Obama, to show that their philosophy is self-centered and gluttonous for power and for control of the individual. They make laws that give them the power to take my property, that is produced with my labor, and now with Obamacare, they have my body too.

Mark points to Tocqueville’s observation that the strength of the American people was, has been even 200 years before our Constitution was adopted, and is in those of us who still comprise the majority of thought. Middle America, or regular Americans, will be the ones to beat back the utopian slave-masters. Tocqueville said, “Between the two extremes of democratic communities stands an innumerable multitude of men almost alike, who, without being exactly either rich or poor, possess sufficient property to desire the maintenance of order, yet not enough to excite envy….(they are) the natural enemies of violent commotions; their lack of agitation keeps all beneath them and above them still and secures the balance of the fabric of society.”

It is you and I who fall into this group of regular Americans who will educate ourselves and lead this nation back on it’s original path of freedom and liberty, strength and prosperity. Mark Levin has shown us where to look for the answers, strengthening our ability to persuade our fellow man, that what is good, right and true is in the hearts of most, and that we need to commit to putting our nation back in the hands of those who would restrain government and protect our God-given rights.

We haven’t much time. Mark Levin has boosted our intuitive thoughts with his educational textbook, Ameritopia. His generous gift to those of us who wish to learn and persuade could not have come at a better time. Like all good Fathers, Mark has given us a leg-up, a key to knowledge that we mightn’t have had in time for the battle of our lives. Having read Ameritopia, I know I will keep it, read it again, refer to it often and research further into the making of America, and fight those who wish to unmake it.

Thank you, Mark R. Levin. You are a gem.