Tell me what you thought of the book?” “Lucid, courageous, intelligent. It’s a devastating critique of Judaism and Christianity—or, as my friend Hitler puts it, the ‘whole religious swindle.’ However, I do question Spinoza’s political views. There is no doubt he is naïve in his support for democracy and individual freedom. Only look at where those ideas have led us to in Germany today. He seems almost to be advocating an American system, and we all know where America is heading—to a half-caste mulatto disaster of a country.”

