#033 - Konstantin Kisin - Economics, Immigration, Class and the Culture War
The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Konstantin Kisin is a comedian, podcaster, and political commentator known for his sharp insights on free speech, culture wars, and societal issues, and as the co-host of the popular show Triggernometry.
In this interview we discuss Britain's struggle with identity, the erosion of free speech, and the consequences of class contempt. From Brexit divisions to cultural battles over British values, we explore why the UK feels stuck in decline. Is there hope for a turnaround, or are we heading toward irreversible cultural and economic challenges?
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| 0:00.0 | It may sound bad, but is it true? Or it may sound good, but is it false? That distinction is really what I think drives a lot of the dynamic and the culture and everything else. It's really about, it's an argument between people who believe things that make them feel good but actually aren't true and they really cling to those things and other people |
| 0:21.6 | who are kind of saying look I get that this sounds good to you but it actually doesn't work in practice |
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| 1:15.1 | How you doing, man? |
| 1:15.5 | Hello, mate. |
| 1:15.9 | How are you? |
| 1:16.8 | Yeah, I'm good. |
| 1:18.4 | Well's gone mad since I saw you last. |
| 1:18.8 | Mada. |
| 1:21.6 | It's been mad this entire time, it feels like, to me. |
| 1:25.7 | So, I read your substack a lot. |
| 1:27.5 | You do? Yeah, no, I think it's brilliant Someone should |
| 1:28.0 | No, come on man |
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