A Call for the Sane - Beauty, Truth, & Purpose - The Strange Death of the West - Douglas Murray (Video)

This video was published on 15 August 2024.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with journalist, author, and political commentator Douglas Murray. They discuss his current U.S. speaking tour, the difference between malevolent and genuine protests, the upending of cultural institutions at the altar of false virtue and how the demoralization of the majority will only lead to further unrest.

Douglas Murray is a journalist and bestselling author of seven books. His latest publication is the international bestseller, “The War On The West.” His previous book, “The Madness of Crowds,” was a bestseller and “book of the year” for The Times and The Sunday Times. “The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam,” published in 2017, spent almost 20 weeks on The Sunday Times bestseller list and was a number 1 bestseller in non-fiction. Mr. Murray has been a contributor to The Spectator since 2000 and has been associate editor at the magazine since 2012. He is a columnist for The New York Post, The Free Press, The Sun, The Telegraph, and contributes regularly to National Review and numerous other outlets.

This episode was recorded on August 7th, 2024

https://youtu.be/Rx68_EfSJsE

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(0:00) Coming up
(0:29) Intro
(3:48) Douglas Murray’s Live Nation speaking tour
(6:46) Object lessons based on extraordinary circumstances
(8:52) The “rich history of protest” and the need for a great call
(11:14) The cardinal call to existence: adventure, hedonism, or something else?
(14:11) Rebellion for the sake of rebellion
(17:47) From those who studied evil scientifically: “it feels like a force that descends”
(23:07) What psychology tells us about gleeful evil
(29:10) Tommy Robinson and the UK protests
(41:23) When the politicians continue to ignore and insult the public…
(47:35) The epithet of “Far Right” has lost its meaning
(49:19) We’re coasting downward on the idea of moral relativism
(51:28) What’s driving mass immigration to the West
(55:35) The problem of integration: founding ideas, ethnicity, and culture
(58:16) “You don’t have a culture” is a great lie levied by bad actors
(59:51) The madness of demoralizing the majority population
(1:06:53) Progressing polite instincts into policy, “diversity is our strength”
(1:12:40) Rates of radicalization
(1:16:33) Cassandra, the prophetess, and the role of the prophet
(1:19:34) A profound form of loss and the remarkable traditions of the West
(1:23:13) We should be continuing, not reframing and deconstructing
(1:25:56) History is made by great men and women, you can be one too
(1:33:17) The idiocy of thinking we are meant to judge Shakespeare
(1:36:44) The way down and the way up: it’s your choice