Douglas Murray: Reflections on the Revolution in America

Douglas begins speaking at the 10:00 mark.
Douglas Murray is a best-selling author, an award-winning political commentator, and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute. He has written books on neoconservatism, terrorism and national security, freedom of speech, and the rise of woke culture and identity politics. His upcoming book, The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason, explores why in recent history it has become acceptable to discuss the flaws and crimes of Western culture, but celebrating the West’s contributions is condemned as hate speech.
Recorded on November 10, 2021, in St. Louis, Missouri

[@michaelwesleysuman8269]

It has been a pleasure witnessing Douglas Murray over the years evolve into an ever more perceptive and thoughtful cultural analyst.

[@leftwinghorror]

He's a gift to the world. 🎁

[@frankmaitland1254]

Murray could come to America and teach a great deal of our history

[@davidjaniec3838]

This man is exceptional in distilling what he has seen around the world and most recently, here in the US. I was struck by his closing statements about our great country and our role (and responsibility) in the world -- If we get this wrong the world will be in trouble, if we get it right the world will be OK.... In my experience it's been that way since WWII, but perhaps never so critical as right now. I am increasingly grateful that we have Douglas Murray in the public discourse at this critical juncture in American and world history.

[@ScandinavianHeretic]

I am from Denmark. I know most of America has been told this place is great, that its already "free of restrictions". First of all they are now coming back, secondly the amount of unrestrained POWER that the government now have over us, pending a simple majority vote in parliament, is staggering. Third of all - our government has already broken our Constitutional law (yes, we have one) in several instances and are also regarded as incredibly authoritarian. A whole new subculture of anti-governmental podcasts have sprung up as a result. So how? Tyranny of the majority. Here is what I mean: A full third of our entire nation is employed by the state, yes you read that right, secondly there is the very large and growing part of the population that is old, unemployed or disabled or something and therefor dependent on the government in many ways, even to live in many cases. They are incentivized accordingly. The fact that it is also the old and weak, dependent on the government and subsidized by the government are also the people most afraid of the virus is just its own amazing problem - its almost perfect for central power: A population in fear, with such a large voter-base that are that directly dependent on the government to exist ...economically or otherwise - that much fear can suddenly mean: "The ends justify the means" and it has already happened in a few cases...like the mink case (you can google that, so you are free of me giving you a biased article - make your own judgement) - 2 wolves and 1 sheep vote about whats for dinner tonight. If America does not work itself out, I have nowhere to run to and they are already having talks in terms of "Oh look how fashionable Austria is being"...I think the adoption-rate is low but the idea was still floated and they already shown they are willing to go very far, they have already shown they will act with force against its own population and take control over peoples lives - they operate increasingly on this idea. This is a hellish place for individual rights. Granted at this point our own society has started questioning things too but...well its all wrong. I have so many things I could tell you about this place. Please wake America up, please. We need you.

[@lnl3237]

@@ScandinavianHeretic Thank you for taking the time to explain what's happening in your country. Hoping momentum is shifting here in the states. We need you, too.

[@THEROOTMATTERS]

@DAVID JANIEC THERE IS NO PERHAPS ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID. IT HAS NEVER BEEN SO CRITICAL

[@LeonVEKH]

While the world does benefit from having the United States of America in it, it sure will not be saved by it as the US is one of the biggest if not THE biggest contributor to the worlds problems. Perhaps just fix yourselves and stop interfering where you have no business being.

[@pabloescobarr744]

yeah i agree, europe (including the UK) is in a very strange place right now

[@amandahelenatkins8636]

The Brilliant, charming and deadly Mr Douglas Murray 💪

[@glendacollins2898]

James Bond for the Intellectual :)

[@thefootballgeek2345]

@@glendacollins2898 Please. The fawing is over the top.

[@maxflight777]

Isn’t he wonderful? 👍

[@morganplatt6762]

Excellent summary!

[@morganplatt6762]

@@thefootballgeek2345 Says the leftie who can see their boat sailing into the distance.

[@rayb2542]

Douglas Murray has such a clear and concise line of thought. And the courage and resolve to speak up - something we must all learn to do. Let’s put the lunatics back in the asylum and the clowns back in the circus. We know what’s right just need the bottle to do it.

[@stewartread4235]

My brother Douglas, the truth will lead us to freedom and happiness. From a fellow Englishman

[@jennyk9748]

Always an absolute pleasure to listen to Douglas Murray.

[@patrickdavidge]

Douglas Murray is Outstanding! 🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@HotelierNYC]

I'm a lifelong lefty and I adore this man for his moral clarity, his insight and his balls.

[@shubhreetlalli8671]

Wow Douglas is aging like fine wine!

[@burleybater]

That bit right at the very end, about education. Such a lovely thing to hear that bristle in Douglas Murray's voice. Tens, if not dozens of millions of kids in the English speaking world are being ripped off of perhaps the most valuable thing they may ever possess: a good education. The kind that swings open the doors to an open mind, a greater understanding, a love of learning, a boundless curiosity and ability to value what is actually beautiful about the world. And that's hardly even a brief notion skimming the surface, compared to the depth that resides there. They're being ripped off. Knowing how they're ripped off is important. Knowing why they are ripped off more important still. Knowing the results of this going forward, practically priceless. Because that third one there - provides the indictment on the entire profession that considers a thing like pigmentation, or what resides between the legs, or vague notions of navel-gazed identitarianism to be far more important than actually imparting any sort of skills required to bestow upon a scholar some semblance of perspective and actual knowledge. This is one hell of a thing to steal from a person. It is one hell of a thing to steal from young people. Which is why I spit on the ground before their pathetic efforts to prove to me that they actually care. They don't care. How could they possibly care? They are denying the one greatest thing that could cause the pulling back of the curtain and revealing the Wizard at work spinning out mischief. My 'troubled' childhood was eased enormously by one simple thing: my ability to get out of myself, to get over myself, to become amazed and focused on an endless list of things that required full concentration and focus. Which causes one to forget many of the things they are unable to do anything about really, for the moment. So one gets on. These dozens of millions are now seen as incapable of such a thing? Hell. I was an average child. A regular boy. Nothing special at all. So I don't buy this argument. Illiteracy should have become that ten-foot high banner on every BLM protester poster. The why of it. It should have been front and center. It should have mattered. It should not have been yet again buried beneath and behind another soft parade of lousy reasons to own a "Get Out of School Free" card. Because illiteracy is like 50, or 60, or 70 years of slow death by a brain's drowning. Thinking that this is not true, or not the case, is like being wrapped up in fishing lines or kite tails of delusion. There is no flying free, moving to that far horizon. There is just the spinning of a manipulated top. A child's toy. A failure to mature. I could go on about this all day, and sometimes feel moved to when inspired by comments such as Mr. Murray's. I think the fact that it is not front and center speaks volumes.

[@hamilton7798]

No kidding. I regularly argue with people on Twitter that taking synthetic hormones and removing your penis DOES NOT mean you change your biological sex, making them an actual woman. All u can think is holy hell these people were cheated from an actual education and instead got an indoctrination.

[@johnniejay]

Douglas Murray is a national treasure. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@leaveourstatuesalone.3378]

As always, Douglas is a Powerhouse 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

[@rmgla464]

You are a God-send to America in perilous times, Mr. Douglas Murray. Your four points about troubles are spot on and your suggested solution to turn the tide is both needed & desired by many. We must mind our way!

[@anangshah7731]

What a brilliant lecture...Douglas Murray is an intellectual giant of our times.

[@reece3797]

Douglas starts speaking at 10:10

[@Robert-Downey-Syndrome]

Show me the Dougy!

[@winskypinsky]

Douglas Murray. Click. Many thanks.

[@lenwilkinson672]

As always,Douglas the real .English Gentleman l really enjoy listening to him and his opinions.

[@cliffhoelzer6895]

Thank God for Douglas Murray!! Your lucid mind and addressing the dangers of CRT in this country can't come soon enough. Perhaps in 2022 we will self correct in Nov!

[@jaimekopstein4248]

Such a joy to listen to such an articulated, logical, wise man!

[@rwjazz1299]

He's fooled and seduced you. His message: CRT is bad. The left leaning media is bad. There is no racism. Your history is fine. If you lose: The world loses. If you win: the world wins. Europe has turned away. Trans people should not be in government. Being racist and xenophobic is acceptable. Maybe even encourage?

[@ienekevanhouten4559]

Thanks for this great talk. Please America, get it together….

[@istvantoth7431]

I don't think they will. Better to start isolating ourselves from these nutters. Their academic bs is already infecting other countries and cultures... Many countries will have to cut ties if this continues.

[@stevojames1813]

Douglas Murray is rarity in the 2020. A thoughtful voice that never fails to get u thinking 👍🇬🇧

[@petermathieson5692]

Brilliant as always, especially his last point on the importance of basic education.

[@diaryofaislamophobe5423]

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[@johnvannewhouse]

I love the fact that for years Douglas thought he was "of the left"....then in the past two decades has realized that intellectual honesty, rationality, logic and respect for history and eternal truths makes him....of the right.

[@joyfulsavage9905]

Yep the Right is founded in better principles but that's not hard considering the Left doesn't have any. As Ronald Reagan said, "I'd like to suggest that there is no right or left, but only an up or a down." Dont kid yourselves thinking that it's "Morally Ok" to ever take another persons property and "redistribute" it. The only moral starting framework is voluntarism/anarchy. This means NO RULERS, NO SLAVES. Otherwise, continue to live out of touch with NATURAL LAW which the Creator put in place here and watch the laws of Karma continually destroy this planet. The psychopathic controllers want to keep this "Left vs Right" fight going and they only need 1 side to play into it to keep the pendulum swinging forever. Cheers.

[@ggrthemostgodless8713]

It's better if we talk of right and wrong, "better than" this or that, if something is right or wrong that is a discussion of degrees, not perfection, but improvements on the issues or topics, and it works better if people who take a party poetic line are willing to "improve" their view or how they do things if a new better idea or improvement is presented to them, and NOT consider if the person is of the right or left and automatically dismiss it. Most give lip service to this idea, but never can put it, apply it, in practice.

[@grannyannie6744]

I love Douglas' quote of several years ago, that the further right the electorate vote, the further left the politicians run. From the now totalitarian regime of Australia, this has certainly been the way our democracy has been subverted, we choose between woke communist dictators on the left, and woke socialist dictators on the right.

[@pderitis]

Many of us have come to the same realization

[@johnvannewhouse]

@@pderitis we should probably date....

[@jokeen4106]

This was a real shot of hope by a hell of an intellectual

[@cristinaegas]

Congratulations all of you for your nobel contribution and specially for inviting Duglas Murray.. the Modern Winston Churchill, his clear truth word it's precious for our Western World.

[@barbaraseymour3437]

I was born in 1938 - the 50’s were a great time to be alive and a teenager. The world was people, not digital.

[@charlesyoung2197]

Douglas is the voice of sanity in a world full of nonsense.

[@christinawheeler1253]

This is Douglas Murray, I fine so thought provoking and endearing to watch. He engages with audience the on real human level.

[@ezraepizon5303]

I have been very pleased to see Douglas emerge himself in the public discourse in the US. The right man, the right time and the right place!

[@pascalbercker7487]

I am writing from France. Murray is one of my favorite Authors these days. But I savor the irony. I am in France because I was was deported from the US, after spending 5 years in prison. I last lived in a Missouri prison. In fact I was arrested in St Charles county, not far from where the Show-Me institute is. I don't know that deportation was strictly necessary (I had lived in the US for 50 years), thinking that 5 years of prison was payment enough for my debt to society. But I am not grousing. I've even subscribed to the Show-Me institute!

[@joanmavima5423]

So sorry you had to spend your time indoors in prison in the beautiful state of Missouri. It is incomprehensible to me how some get deported, while others inflicting violence do not. Immigration is highly politicized now. Unless you tick a box, or have advocates in high places, the interpretation of the law by bureaucrats is very “woke”.

[@jamesbryson575]

I am ever thankful for the clarity and courage of Douglas Murray. By the power vested in me, an average patriot-citizen, I designate Douglas Murray an Honorary American Patriot. There, it's done.

[@mkr4922]

I discovered Douglas about 2 yrs ago ..what a brilliant man..

[@frankkelly2245]

Douglas Murray, treasure of the West.

[@miriamcassidy5487]

You, Mr Douglas, are amazing

[@bigtankmb]

Absolutely brilliant and riveting talk by the impressive Douglas Murray.

[@TheDeecue]

Douglas Murray is one of my favorite commentators...very very insightful.

[@douglasjones3105]

Another hugely engaging talk by Douglas Murray. I love how he discusses incredibly serious and worrying themes but still somehow makes us retain hope. Just the act of listening to him alone is a positive experience, even if he is proclaiming the death of western civilisation. And his anecdote about 'Jesus was a migrant' was a genuine LOL moment.

[@Infamous41]

Its just a more woke western civilization all that chivalry and non wifi materials and events aren't what they once were and as cherished

[@michaelweber5702]

That's my city , that's my state and to hear the wondrous Douglas Murray ! It does not get much better than that ...

[@didinx8417]

So happy this is on line - only 5000 miles away so bit tricky to get too.

[@BradZook]

He's like listening to a fine symphony.

[@michelle4688]

A fine symphony... with pecs.

[@MadofaA]

He’s more like a James Bond of thinking to me… elegant, entertaining, and absolutely deadly!

[@BradZook]

@@MadofaA Murray.... Douglas Murray.

[@darrenpaech1342]

Douglas is a treasure.

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

Doug is a great man. May his brilliance and insight live a very long time..... him too.

[@Telcontar1962]

He is not brilliant at all. He is a well meaning man, earning a fair deal out of speaking engagements but who lacks the honesty to say what really needs to be done to reverse this because he benefits from it.

[@jamescook4402]

He is charlatan and shill for the state of Israel.

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

@@jamescook4402 You're obsessed... go drink a beer or something.

[@bobbyuk5866]

@@Telcontar1962 I've read most of his books, he certainly doesn't hold back on the truth. Maybe he feels it impolite to go too hard in someone else's country. He certainly doesn't with the UK, or Europe for that matter.

[@bobbyuk5866]

@@jamescook4402 Lol!

[@michaelh3090]

Excellent, as always. Thanks Douglas 💯

[@istvantoth7431]

Notice how his famous optimism had slowly disappeared about 1-1,5 years ago... He's been trying to warn everyone... But honestly, none of the people in charge are listening. Including in Britain.

[@lourdesvelasco9319]

This giant has to be in all platforms Thanks Douglas!

[@somulaychirr4202]

Douglas Murray is not only the British treasurer. He is one of the Europe treasurer.

[@christyeichhorn5333]

Douglas is an inspiring speaker

[@Politicallyhomeless957]

One of my favorite authors. His book 📕 The madness of crowds was/is my favorite. Cant wait to read his next book. Hope he is writing something good 👍

[@dreadfulspiller8766]

I love Douglas Murray!

[@vanessarentle9506]

Great talk! Love Douglas Murray and putting the world to rights!

[@RedactedATS]

Damn. Gotta love Douglas Murray ❤🇬🇧

[@johnpanter9714]

I admire the way Douglas based his arguments on facts, reason and evidence, unlike many of his opponents.

[@asiastormy8728]

Love this dear Gay man.... total exemplary of what should represent LGBTQ interest and proper conduct as a human being. And I am speaking as a gay man myself.

[@frauleinhohenzollern]

Oh my God who cares if you're gay?!?! NOBODY! Nobody wants to know that shit but you guys are always telling everyone "as a gay man...".

[@sisiphas]

A wonderful talk. The magic lantern metaphor is excellent

[@marcaritta]

Never thought I'd see Douglas Murray in my hometown!

[@TTFN55]

"Not a great fan of whinging," says Douglas Murray. My favorite British word used by my favorite British public intellectual.

[@mehrangerami187]

Thank you for having this kind and well informed man Mr. Murray on this program. Kind regards. Mehran from San Diego

[@claudiavivarelli7571]

Excellent talk…

[@robmunroe4692]

Love Douglas Murray. This man is a genius.

[@harlemhornet]

Ahh The sarcasm... dry humor.. frankness.. and everything else that one gets to experience when listening to a well spoken Englishmen who has retained those pricelessly unique elements of classic British parlance that has been fine tuned over centuries. 'Most enjoyable'

[@bennym5244]

The audience did miss quite a few of his witty jokes.

[@stephenmethven8609]

Is there any mechanism by which Murray could be President? What a legend.

[@baltasarnoreno5973]

He's ours!! You will have to make do with Harry and Meghan!

[@DoubleDowner]

Hands off ! He’s going to be our PM in Britain first :)

[@danielw5850]

Fun Fact: his grandfather was a schoolmaster, on the Isle of Harris, in the Hebrides. One of his pupils was a certain Mary Anne Macleod - Donald J Trump's mother!

[@richardsandals785]

@@baltasarnoreno5973 Brutal!

[@maxflight777]

@@baltasarnoreno5973 love it ! 😂

[@johnnysprocketz]

Bravo, Bravo - The great orator Christopher Hitchens would be proud of you Sir.

[@Doutsoldome]

Yeah, I think it is fair to say that he took the mantle.

[@johnnysprocketz]

@@Doutsoldome not quite yet comrades- Professor Murray is inching closer and closer towards the throne.

[@MeanBeanComedy]

@@johnnysprocketz Give him a year or so!

[@biancap3893]

Wonderful !

[@vontoobner5979]

That look he gives around 58:00! "If you live in the 50s, you have to live through the 40s..." Indeed!

[@damonjones9606]

I just learned about this guy, he's brilliant.

[@barriepeck4377]

Douglas is a great speaker

[@paulgrimmer2230]

We've lost confidence in ourselves, both on the left and the right. It's time we start working to restore a sense of confidence in our social discourse and our civic lives.

[@gerry4281]

It’s so sad when we can’t laugh at ourselves. The comedians are in trouble .

[@warrenchambers4819]

"Beware of those who can't tolerate the fool for they are tyrants. And that's how you can tell who the tyrants are!" Jordan Peterson.

[@robertrussell2202]

Douglas Murray is one of the greatest intellects of today and yet he is not considered as such

[@jenniferowen6789]

It's always a pure pleasure to hear Douglas say sensible things about insane behaviors

[@aipacsucks]

Sublime truth garnished with unassailable facts. Always a feast, delivered by a master! False prophets shake at the mention of his name.😁

[@lizbarbour6418]

I just love listening to him. He so eloquently, addresses the current problems here in America. I

[@leedobson]

As a fellow Brit, Murray is an export to be proud of, always fascinating, engaging and damning with his truth

[@jamescook4402]

Truth, you must live in a parallel universe mate.

[@leedobson]

@@jamescook4402 What do you take issue with ? Explain yourself

[@chriscoffee9070]

Well said on John Oliver, a very original and hilarious comedian when he was gigging around the UK and appearing on panel shows, he went to the States and was initially great there too, I'd actively look forward to Last Week Tonight appearing on YT, but bit by bit he traded clever, insightful humour for trotting out the same tired lines about the same predictable targets and his items started being obviously, deliberately biased in one very specific direction by clear omission and in some cases, being deeply disingenuous. I'm happy to laugh at jokes that target people I support if it's clever and at least vaguely honest but when it's all one way and lacking in any honour or original wit it's just not entertaining. I guess it's mainly down to the script writers, maybe he has no editorial control at all, but his show sure sucks these days. I gave up perhaps a year ago, I can't bear to watch it at all these days.

[@CONEHEADDK]

Oliver is gone....

[@BarbVice13]

I loved Oliver, I loved Colbert, I loved Chappelle back then. I still love Chappelle.

[@ronnievaughn1257]

He still goes after China, which is rare in left wing 'shows'. But I agree, he used to be alot sharper, and way less partisan.

[@MrMasterKaio]

The only Late Night show I enjoyed in the past few years was Conan. There's also a black fella who isn't doing too bad and has some great interviews with conservatives, even though the show clearly leans left.

[@rayb2542]

Similarly with Al Murray etc in the U.K.

[@maryen65]

Douglas is a great writer but also a great comediant , i had a great laugh

[@perrywidhalm114]

Another great talk by Douglas Murray. I do not blame Europeans want ing to distance themselves from most American academia (not the sciences and engineering). The Humanities and Social Studies are lost here in the United States. Those disciplines have evolved into dystopian cesspits of cultural Marxism and collectivism.

[@lisao6928]

This was probably the best and most important speech I've listened to by Douglas Murray. Unfortunately, he's speaking to the choir. How do we get this message out to the people who need to hear it most?

[@juliedriscoll8551]

Unfortunately, the people who need to hear it the most refuse to listen.

[@kirkpatticalma7911]

Good he mentioned American schools teach the "bad" of America, slavery, Jim Crow, etc. I would argue that "black issues" are emphasized more than any other single issue.

[@GwaiZai]

wise countries reflect on their darkest moments to find strength in a future that avoids these pitfalls. I'm an American in Germany and they're way ahead of the US on this here.

[@kirkpatticalma7911]

@@GwaiZai But how much self-flaggelation is enough? When do we move on from that dark past? When is it time to stop using that past as an excuse for not doing well, and blaming others for one's failures?

[@tabithadorcas7763]

Man! I had no idea that Douglas Murray was in the area speaking! How I would like to have been there!

[@gerry4281]

Loved Madness of Crowds.❤️

[@cinhh]

He is such a great speaker!

[@richardfletcher4704]

God he is brilliant

[@Zarrkell]

Brilliant, sorry I missed this event!

[@peterbettell1361]

Douglas Murray top bloke

[@juliusjanardhanseptimus352]

Good speaker, logical, precise English, good presentation, excellent grasp of the subject matter. Makes you want to think of preconceived notions that one may have Also shows how precious that the constitution and freedoms we have. Hopefully, it's not pearls before swine.

[@Studio51media]

VERY encouraging to hear a very educated Brit hit the “nail on the head”. My experience with many educated Brit’s is that of condescension NOT of praise.

[@juliedriscoll8551]

It’s refreshing to hear so much common sense and reason!

[@AngryBootneck]

The man's a prodigy.

[@FiveLiver]

The fact that some Democrats couldn't believe Trump won in 2016 - so they had to blame Putin - isn't an excuse to dismiss those who can see that Biden did not win in 2020. Murray fails to be objective here.

[@boudecia22]

Im.british, I live here. I had no horse in this race as I have no vote and am new to usa politics. You are probably going to hate me for saying this, but. .... they DID vote AGAINST trump. They didn't vote FOR biden. It was ANYONE BUT TRUMP. If idi amin had been running they'd have voted for him! I worked with some and I have family here who did. They arent happy now! I just sit and smile and say... well, be careful what you wish for. I can tell you, having come from the industrial heartland of England, there us only ONE thing that will cure them if it. And that is, making them LIVE WITH IT. Then like any other disease, they'll get sick, they'll suffer, theyll recover, and they'll be immune. But the pain must come first. I lived through it a long time ago. It was miserable. Look up the 3 day week in England. I can only tell you, that you will survive, the country will survive, and you as a nation will be cured. But it won't happen tomorrow. And that senile old fool DID win. Not because he's any good, but because he wasn't trump. My mother in law ADMITS his policies were good, but she saud she won't vote for him if he runs again. Thats what you are up against. They gotta learn the hard way and we all have to suffer with them. Hopefully, as you get midterms here, it'll be short lived and their wings will be clipped.

[@joanmavima5423]

@@boudecia22 Love your YT name. I hope they never tear down that inspiring statue of Boudecia with her chariot. And thank you for your perspective on Trump and Biden. I have no doubt of what you are saying, although it is very clear that there was a concerted effort, beginning with illegally changing election rules and “ fortifying” the election through private illegal means, through counting ballots that mysteriously appeared after counting had stopped in the middle of the night. No question there was a lot of fraud, carefully targeted in key cities in swing states. Will we ever know ? Not likely, and it will remain a scar and a matter of dispute that will be forever unresolved. Even as an American, I remember the three day work weeks in Britain, due to the miner’s strikes, and the downward spiral of what was once a great country. It took the election of Margaret Thatcher to turn the course around. Yet when she died, the Left had taken over the media and led the vituperation against her. It was so sad. It will require the full measure of the failure of the Biden Administration and the policies of the Left to educate the sheep on the inevitable outcomes of voting for a party so taken over by irrationally. It will also require the destruction of the Media which is the impediment for truth being revealed. This has been evident in the Rittenhouse trial. Most of what people think they know about Trump has been relentlessly shaped by the Media, beginning with the Charlottesville protest, where the false narrative of Trump the Racist was promulgated. Until the Media are broken or enough people are clued into how they are being manipulated, fundamental change in people’s understanding of how they were persuaded to accept lies will not occur. I hope we can recover from this. The policies of world wide unsustainable government debt, the rise of a hostile China truly having a US president under its thumb, and the transfer of so much of our manufacturing of essential goods to this hostile power are quite different than what Britain faced in the 70s. I hope we can pass through this period without outright war with China. If makes no sense for them to instigate it, but that rationality has never stopped war making in the past. I pray all the world gets through the next few years in a salvageable condition. Best to you ~

[@glennpeterson1357]

The false equivalence is shockingly lazy

[@TheForkhandles]

I read Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind in the early 1990s. I bought it in a really sumptuous Penguin edition. I felt at that time that I was reading a very powerful and insightful analysis of what was happening then and what would continue to happen. I find it strange that in these times I never hear Bloom's name mentioned or his work cited. I lent my copy of the book to a friend and never got it back and I have never since then found another copy of the book in a bookshop, even though I have spent a lot of time browsing in bookshops between then and now.

[@bungalowlogic7676]

Thank You! I've thought the same regarding Alan Bloom. Even commentary on Jonathan Haight's book, which almost steals the title (Coddling of the American Mind), never has any mention of it. I stumbled across that book 20 yrs ago and still refer back to it. It was my education into what thinkers I ought to know and has been a traveling companion ever since. I hope someday you find a replacement copy, friend.

[@joanmavima5423]

Claremont Institute writers such as Michael Anton, and Dave Reaboi refer to this book. It is only ignored in the vast wasteland that is ignorant. It was a seminal work, and as you say, should be dusted off and rediscovered more broadly.

[@vizveebee]

Forkhandles?? You must be a Brit 😏 Anyway, I'm catching up on as much of Douglas as I can find. Did you go for a copy of your book online? You can even get it on Audible. I'm going through all Douglas' books on Audible.

[@septseptsept6246]

Brilliant, as always.

[@markanderson3376]

Douglas Murray comes on at 10:07. Skip ahead past the introductions.

[@patrickcrowther9195]

Superb talk. Erudite and - most importantly - supremely digestible. Great to hear The Gong Show mentioned - why was Chuck Barris never President?

[@lowrydan111]

It all boils down to negligent/outsourced parenting. Trend is not our friend.

[@ronnievaughn1257]

Exactly, I was listening to NPR today, they had a woman whos son was 'transgender' she openly admitted that her son "raised himself", and became female at 4 years old.

[@willstevenson9634]

I don't disagree, but fear that the average would be parent is too deranged and incompetent to be a good parent at this point

[@MichiganFan70]

This guy is the man. Love it.

[@kirkminor2434]

I just read Omni Americans recently (Albert Murray). This was timely and encouraging.

[@BassistPaul]

Wonderful.

[@stefaniecolgrove5581]

Thank You, this was really lovely .. ❤️🤍💙

[@JPoulAndersson]

So many introductions I wondered whether we'd get round to Douglas' talk at all....

[@alanaadams7440]

All those people blowing their own horns