Dear Friend,

I recommend you take a little time to start our free online course…

Totalitarian Novels.

You’ll be able to learn from my boss—and Hillsdale College President—Larry P. Arnn as he teaches this course through four novels: George Orwell’s 1984, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon, and C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength (my personal favorite of these four).

You’ll find the worlds of these novels are eerily familiar…

• Endless wars, a surveillance state, and the distortion of history and truth by the media define not only Oceania—the dystopian world of 1984—but also contemporary America.
• The drugged and pleasure-obsessed inhabitants of Brave New World reflect a troubling reality in modern America, where addictions to alcohol, fentanyl, pornography, food, gambling, and even social media are on the rise.
• A country stages a show trial for a political figure who fails to conform to ideological orthodoxy—a theme central to Darkness at Noon and a striking parallel to the events of the past several years in American politics.
• If you’ve heard experts throw around the phrase “Trust the science,” you may recognize the bureaucratic despotism of N.I.C.E. (National Institute of Co-ordinated Experiments) in That Hideous Strength.

We’re at a turning point in our nation’s history. After decades of far-Left despotism, the American people have said, “ENOUGH!”

And that means—we can stop the totalitarian trends and ideologies in our country before they are entirely and utterly irreversible.

I saw a T-shirt one of our Hillsdale students was sporting this fall, with the clever slogan, “Make 1984 fiction again!” I don’t know about you, but I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment.

That’s why we need you to make this course available to as many Americans as possible. It will be one of the most important ways you can recognize the far-Left’s totalitarian tendencies.

You can do that by supporting “Totalitarian Novels” after you sign-up for the free course today.

>> For your gift of $100 or more, you will receive a video boxset of “Totalitarian Novels” from Hillsdale College. It’s one small way we can say “thank you” for your support of our educational outreach.

Your support will help promote this course and sign up as many people—especially young people!—as possible. And you will help us continue to expand our educational outreach even further.

The more people who understand the nature of totalitarianism, the less likely it will gain a foothold in America.

Will you join us in helping promote this free online course? You can click on the secure link below to sign up for the course and make your tax-deductible gift:

https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/register/totalitarian-novels

Whatever your gift is, the most important thing is that I hear back from you right away so that we can promote this course far and wide, especially to our youth.

As our country reverses course AWAY from totalitarianism, Hillsdale’s “Totalitarian Novels” free online course is more urgent than ever. By taking it and supporting our efforts to promote it you will help Americans understand the nature of this terrible way of governing and how to stop it from ever happening here.

Warm regards,

Bill Gray, ’01 
Vice President 
Institutional Advancement 
Hillsdale College

P.S. We’ve released our free online course…“Totalitarian Novels”! You can sign up for the course and help us promote it at the secure link below:

https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/register/totalitarian-novels

This course is essential for helping Americans understand the nature of totalitarianism and preventing it from taking root here, which is why I have a special offer for you today.

For your gift of $100 or more, you will receive a Blu-ray edition of “Totalitarian Novels” from Hillsdale College. It’s one small way we can say “thank you.”

Please reach and teach more Americans about the dangers of this regime by helping us promote this free online course today!