Freddie Sayers discusses the backlash against Western values with Douglas Murray.
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When Douglas Murray was writing his new book The War on the West, Putin had not yet launched an actual war on the edge of Europe. Now, two months after the invasion of Ukraine, has the battle of ideas he writes about been put into perspective? Freddie Sayers speaks to Douglas Murray about the factions of the Right who have been fooled by Putin’s ‘woke West’ propaganda and why the war in Ukraine is not the wake-up call we might have expected.
Thanks to Douglas for returning to the channel. His new book, The War on the West, is out now.
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00:00 - 00:33 - Introduction
00:33 - 01:54 - Is there an intellectual war on the West?
01:54 - 08:41 - Does the war in Ukraine cast a shadow over this “cultural war”?
08:41 - 13:20 - Is Vladimir Putin actually a Western ally?
13:20 - 16:15 - Is the West superior to other cultures and parts of Human civilisation?
16:15 - 20:21 - If so, why?
20:21 - 24:51 - The impact the COVID pandemic has had on Murray’s ideas
24:51 - 27:04 - Is there an anti-Christian bias?
27:04 - 33:39 - Should religion be a determining factor for accepting refugees?
33:39 - 41:28 - If not, should fellow members of “the West” be prioritised to reinforce their positives aspects?
41:28 - 47:59 - Will there be a backlash against those proud of their past, regardless of how good or bad they were?
47:59 - 55:19 - What domestic lessons, if any, should the West take from the war in Ukraine?
55:19 - 59:56 - Douglas Murray’s message to political actors on the Right of politics
59:56 - 1:00:47 - Concluding thoughts
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