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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

247. The War On The West | Douglas Murray

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Education, Science, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

This episode was recorded on March 14th, 2022. In this episode, Douglas Murray and I discuss the current assault on the West, slavery, gratitude, racist mathematics, whiteness, (non-Western) accomplishments, and individual sovereignty. Douglas Murray is the associate editor of The Spectator and the bestselling author of seven books, including The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam; The Madness of Crowds, and The War on the West. —Links— Follow Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurray Instagram: https://instagram.com/douglaskmurray Buy ‘The War on the West’: https://amazon.com/War-West-Douglas-M... Read Murray’s articles: https://spectator.co.uk/writer/dougla... —Chapters— [0:00] Intro [1:36] Why ‘War’? [8:41] Western Values, Revenge, Nietzsche [14:13] Slavery, Individuality, Rationalism [21:11] Eradicating Slavery [27:42] Agency & Oppression [33:10] Psychopathic Expressors of Power [38:04] Wealth Inequality: Exclusively Capitalist? [47:25] On Whiteness [54:21] Axioms & Truth [1:02:21] The STEM Moat [1:08:46] The War on Western Art & Culture [1:19:14] Mass Graves & Burning Churches [1:25:52] Gratitude, Resentment, & The Brothers Karamazov [1:36:19] Ancestry & Living as Though God Exists [1:42:53] Faith, Evil, Cain & Abel #Oppression #Postmodernism #DouglasMurray #Western #Power #Whiteness

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 247 of the JBP podcast.

0:04.2

I'm Michaela Peterson.

0:05.8

In this episode, Dad spoke to one of the world's foremost political writers,

0:10.1

Douglas Murray, about great paintings, oppression,

0:13.5

Dostoevsky and the War on the West,

0:16.0

which happens to be the title of Murray's latest book.

0:19.6

He believes we're facing an all-out assault from within,

0:23.0

where anything's praised so long as it was produced by the West,

0:27.5

where history is re-appraised as driven by slavery,

0:31.0

and where unreason is one of many weapons mobilized against democracy, science and progress.

0:36.8

Also mentioned in this episode, bullies with a victim complex,

0:40.5

white supremacist mathematics, and the power of truth.

0:44.6

Before we start, I wanted to quickly remind you that Dad's now on parlor,

0:48.4

the world's premier free speech platform.

0:51.1

You can find more personal posts there like pictures with Roger Penrose or Kermit the Frog.

0:55.9

Be sure to follow him on their app or just Google Jordan Peterson parlor.

1:00.2

You get the idea.

1:01.4

I hope you enjoy this episode.

1:03.5

Hello, everyone. I'm pleased to be talking today to Mr. Douglas Murray,

1:27.5

who is associate editor of the spectator, and is now based in New York.

1:32.8

His latest publication, The Madness of Crowds, was a bestseller.

1:36.6

His last publication, The Madness of Crowds, was a bestseller.

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