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Can the West Survive? Douglas Murray [Ep. 491]


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What happens when a civilization begins to doubt its own foundations, dismissing facts, evidence, and even reason for not being woke enough? In an age where biology, history, warfare, and even science are increasingly shaped by ideology, what does it mean to defend truth at all?

Douglas Murray, one of the most influential public intellectuals worldwide, has spent his career warning us that the West is in trouble, not because of external threats, but because we ourselves have begun to question the values that built our ideals, our history, our culture, our civilization, and our sense of identity. His latest work, “On Democracies and Death Cults,” which we’ll discuss today, applies this warning to one of the most politically and morally charged conflicts of all time. It also leads us into the fundamental question of the very purpose of Western civilization.

At its core, Douglas Murray’s work explores a universal issue: the battle over what counts as truth. From journalism to biology, we continue to return to the most profound question: how do we guard and protect our most sacred truths in a world that no longer agrees on what reality itself is?


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Key Takeaways: 

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:25 My trip to Israel and death cults 
  • 06:09 Judging a book by its cover
  • 12:35 Academic institutions and political activism 
  • 28:27 The impact of projection and guilt
  • 34:46 Science, progress, and Western civilization 
  • 48:39 The possibility of peace in the Middle East 
  • 53:31 How to find courage 
  • 55:41 Outro
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    Additional resources: 


    ➡️ Learn more about Douglas Murray:


    📚 On Democracies and Death Cults: https://a.co/d/c7y845h 
    💻 Website: https://douglasmurray.net/


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