I think that's a bit exaggerated, and I'm not known for my optimism. There is certainly a segment of the right that is becoming more anti-Semitic, but a much larger portion of the left has been anti-Semitic for a long time and has caused far more damage to Jews already. I don't think the anti-Semitic segment of the right will gain sufficient influence in the near or medium term.

@@BenedictBeckeld I hope you're right. I don't perceive the leftist antisemitism as a huge threat, because 1. They're losing. The future is not left. And 2. Because their antisemitism is almost subconscious, and it's a general dislike for success rather than Jews. The right, however, is winning, and many of them are either openly antisemitic, or openly antisemitic in their own conscious minds.

@@BenedictBeckeld I hope you're right. I don't perceive the leftist antisemitism as a huge threat, because 1. They're losing. And 2. Because their antiJewism is almost subconscious, and it's a general dislike for success rather than J's. The right, however, is winning, and many of them are either openly antijew, or openly antijew in their own conscious minds.

@@BenedictBeckeld I hope you're right. I'm significantly more afraid of the right than left because the left is losing, and because I don't think the left has a problem with J's - they have a problem with success. The right has a specific issue with J's. Also, there are some deep-rooted issues in the west that I don't think can be solved with government policy. Young men are hurting, and I think they will veer significantly right.

@@Proud_TrollWith every new version of your comment I was agreeing more. But the victories of the right should be seen for what I call them in the interview, namely as part of a back-and-forth movement, even if the movement in our favor is now stronger than usual. The type of situation where we have complete right-wing hegemony and the right is conquered by its antisemitic wing will not come to pass. And I wouldn’t underestimate the antisemitism of the left. You’re right that they hate success more than Jews per se, but Jews will always be successful.

Thanks!

Thank you, and yes, I'd agree. One could add that there have been times and places where socialists were actually quite nationalistic, which sounds unreal today.

@ indeed, German unification comes to mind. But even nowadays it’s not totally outlandish: Kurdish nationalism has very strong Marxist tones and symbology , and even in Europe, several nationalist secessionist movements are lefty (Scotland, for example). If you accept requests, I would be curious to see you making a small video giving your opinion on deontology vs consequentialism both in left and right wing thinking. Also especially I would love to see you contrasting the underlining worldviews of right and left. Because while left is easily construed as an black slate egalitarian worldview, the right often refuses to define itself. Best I’ve seen in the subject is the late Jonathan Bowden, who defines a worldview standing for nature, asserting that inequality is natural and good because it is the source of differentiation that permits the existence of excellency, given the existence of freedom. Developing it further, I personally think there is another underlying idea in growing right wing thinking, the idea of a chain of being. That, unlike the blank slate that considers our existence to be totally independent from our bodies (metaphysical and thus equal), bodies to which one is “assigned” by pure coincidence. The chain of being doesn’t allow existence to be dissociated from ancestors. You are a continuation of your ancestors, and much/part of what defines you is inherited from them. This seems more congruent with biological reality - nature. Yet this all deviates from Christian ethos, so also many conservatives dislike it.

@@ViriatoII Yes, those are good examples that you mention. And I'm happy to take requests, thank you. Talking about the differing underlying world views of right and left might be too unwieldy a topic for a video, considering also that there are so many different types of right and left, divisible along both ideological and geographical lines, etc., but I enjoy reading your thoughts on the matter. Casting it as a conflict between conservatism and progressivism might work better. In any case, deontology vs. consequentialism is more manageable, so I'll definitely give it some thought.

@ thank you! 🙏 wish you a great weekend

@@ViriatoII To you as well!

Ha ha! Unfortunately it's priceless.

Yes, something like that.

Precisely so.

Thanks!

@@polemeros Yes, selective relativism is my favorite kind. It’s the old positivist-relativist combination I’ve dissected in the context of oikophobia.

Thank you. And yes, agreed, or one could say that the one is intimately connected to the other.

Thank you! And yes, I'll try not to. It's the intense love one has for Europe that leads to both frustration and, indeed, not wanting to give up.

Well put.

Yes, Tacitus is wonderful. "Local meaning" does not go back to Augustine (not as far as I've noticed, anyway), but I'm not so sure that it's special or unique enough as a term to say that I or anyone else coined it.

I didn't have a microphone at all at that time, actually, but I do now, so my more recent videos should have somewhat better sound quality.

@@BenedictBeckeld Good man! I'm looking forward to your next commentary.

Exactly so.

Thanks!

Indeed I refer to this text in my since published "Western Self-Contempt" (Cornell University Press), though the use of the term oikophobia here is somewhat different.

Those are certainly valid questions, and sorry to plug my own work here, but for those questions, and for a broader discussion around the topic, I take the liberty of directing you to my book "Western Self-Contempt", which came out a couple of years after I made this video (Cornell University Press), the first systematic book-length treatment of cultural self-hate: a.co/d/012mEmS

I knew there's a reason why he's one of my favorite Democrats!

@@BenedictBeckeld I'm surprised I never heard of you before yesterday; I'm really enjoying your videos and articles. Then again, Joseph Henrich is not as popular as I would have expected either. I think you'd do great on some of the podcasts I like, such as EconTalk [Russ Roberts] or Dad Saves America [Jon Papola] or Winston Marshall or The Free Press [Bari Weiss].

@@shrimpkins Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying them. I've been on quite a few podcasts, but I have to go on a lot more. It's always a struggle for an independent writer like me to gain a voice, but I keep pushing. I'm only familiar with two of the ones you mentioned, so I'll certainly look into the others.

@@BenedictBeckeld Now seems like an auspicious historical moment. When I listen to moderate Republicans like Vivek, and moderate Dems like Dean Phillips, it feels like oikophilia may be returning with tidal force. While the extremists still get most of the ink, the reformers are not far behind. I hope the other western liberal democracies will awake from their suicidal slumber before it's too late. But if Latin America can turn away from their socialist nightmare, I remain optimistic for the rest of the world.

@@shrimpkins It does indeed, and I share your hope, of course. In the short term I think there's plenty of room for optimism, while in the medium and long term I'm far less optimistic about western Europe than about the U.S.

Thank you!

Thanks for commenting - there's no contradiction from me. More detail on the development I'm discussing - including a chapter specifically on England - is in my book "Western Self-Contempt".

Indeed you're quite right, and the (relatively) non-violent demographic change currently underway makes it easier for it to slip under the radar.

@@BenedictBeckeld I just watched this: "Quillette -The Feminisation of Academia, Explained By Behavioural Scientists Bo Winegard and Cory Clark". Is Feminisation, as the social environment becomes illusionary 'safer' from external threats (as a society becomes more affluent) a contributory cause of Oikophobia? Is it that female paranoias, become socially dominant, and lacking less concern with external threats, find their expression in over exaggerating societally internal ones? So, are women wired to look for close at hand social threats..an in the absence of over external threats..are emotionally compelled find them closer to home? Sorry if I'm talking rubbish.

Our pleasure.

Yes, external threats, real or perceived, are always an antidote to oikophobia. But whereas the threat from the East can have a salutary effect in this regard, part of the conservative resistance in Europe is unfortunately seduced by Russian propaganda, and in any case demographic changes in western and northern Europe may already have brought matters too far.

@@BenedictBeckeld Did Adam Sandler or Ben Stiller wear yellow ribbons at the Oscars? No. And Glazer gave a speech where he said that he rejected his Jewishness. Each group will be split this way, and the most influential Muslims will be like that - radically pro-European or American. Many also have families who had to flee from dictators and Islamist movements. I've met a lot of Iranians who fled Iran, and Christians and Chaldeans from Iraq. Not that this contradicts what you wrote, but supplements it. Also, I feel it ties in well to your ideas about Oikophobia, and of course, I always want to hear what you think. You are welcome to reply, but I do not expect it and would love more short videos with your thoughts! Thanks again!

@@AutisticJew Indeed that's true, although there are some reasons why the Muslim situation cannot fully be compared with the Jewish one in this way. I've written about that at some length: merionwest.com/2023/12/22/islam-and-the-west-navigating-the-cultural-and-theological-divide/ And yes, recently I've been uploading old interviews from other people's channels, since I recently learned how to do that, but my next own mini-lecture I'll upload in about ten days. Thanks for your interest!

@@BenedictBeckeld Thank you for your reply and the link. I wish you a lot of success! I’m sorry - but I might not see your replies as I only saw your last reply after I opened up this thread directly. Being a professional in this field, I probably shouldn’t recommend anything to you, but THE NEW INSTITUTE just had Jay Bernstein give a talk. I don’t know him, but I liked Marcus Gabriel’s lectures and one of his books and he is involved with this institute. I hope to update my notification settings, but want to warn you lest you waste too much effort on a reply.

@@AutisticJew Small world, I knew Markus Gabriel briefly during my time in Heidelberg. We attended the same colloquium at the Seminar for Philosophy for a while there. I'll look more closely into the New Institute, thank you.

If you find classical music boring, you have a short attention span. You don't appreciate music. You like music but you don't love it. There are thousands and thousands of songs released on streaming platforms every day, so it's hard to find music that time, effort, passion and love has been poured into - but it's no excuse when we can listen to the classical composers that we know of.

Thank you! Oh, there's so much to tell about Heidelberg, I wouldn't know where to begin or end. But, briefly, I can say that it was really an ideal student town, because all the libraries were within easy walking distance (at least if one lived in the Old City, which I did, just across the street from Hegel's old residence, no less), and there was a bookshop on every corner where one could lose oneself for hours. The professors were by and large very good, and I learned an enormous amount there - the only negative on that front was that everyone was very focused on publishing as much as possible, which is normal for an elite university but which occasionally meant that some professors would take the teaching less seriously. But for the most part I was very satisfied with the education I received there. And it's where I started my own university-teaching experience, and my students were really wonderful. And, of course, Heidelberg is nestled so beautifully in the Neckar valley, the quintessential south German town.

So it is. There's especially a very English type of self-deprecation that I've always enjoyed but that is far removed from oikophobia. I remember spending a few days in Norfolk, where, in Cromer, I saw the city had put an inscription in a public space with a quote from Churchill, who apparently said during a visit to that town: "I am not enjoying myself very much." I found it funny and not at all oikophobic.

Thanks for your comment. I largely agree with your statement about classical music vis-à-vis baroque (there's a reason, for instance, why I love playing Bach on my violin and can't stand playing Mozart, although I love listening also to the latter), but it still compares favorably with most contemporary music. As for literature, yes, what you state is indeed a great danger, and I'm not saying that there won't be any decline in literature - there already is - and indeed the other month I was telling an agent here in New York that the increasing Hemingway-fication of literature is a result in large part of decreasing attention spans, a problem that will continue. But at least literature has the capacity of renewing itself on a whole different level as compared to music.

​​@@BenedictBeckeldIndeed, decreasing attention spans from the public might be the issue driving the decline of art, and itself a symptom of the decadence of Western civilization.

It's being published in Berlin, in a volume on pseudo-conservatism in various countries. But it's academic publishing, which means that it's a slow process, but hopefully it'll be out soon! I'll announce it here when it is.

I don't consider her one of the more important thinkers in this context, but within the dichotomy I outline here I'd place her on the "speculative-heuristic" side.

Not necessarily that they're less engaged, but that the things they're engaged about are narrower in scope, because history has settled so many questions for them. And yes, therefore those who do dissent are more in the background.

Indeed, and I'm embarrassed to say that many of these actions were inspired by the oikophobic radicalism here in the U.S.

@@johnl5316 We do what we can.

@@BenedictBeckeld 'let's go!

Thank you so much!

Bro couldn't agree more and will upload more interviews in short order, and there's a brand new mini-lecture coming soon.

​@@BenedictBeckeld That's awesome lol

He must have thought himself quite clever.

@@BenedictBeckeld not sure if he enjoyed being ‘clever’ or comical 🤷‍♂️, “there are also unknown knowns. That is to say things that you think you know that it turns out you did not.”

Yes.

It certainly is correct, and shouldn't even be called a hypothesis, because history has already demonstrated it repeatedly. I did a separate video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHqtcpZ8qK6sbqMsi=CfRxNb-XeEWlzcPS