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Ben Shapiro's New Book Is a Total Embarrassment

Current Affairs

Current Affairs

Politics, Culture, Government, Comedy, News

4.6673 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Supposedly, the world is divided into good, noble “lions” and evil, grasping “scavengers.” Guess which one Ben thinks he is?

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0:00.0

So Ben Shapiro has a new book out. It's called Lions and Scavengers, the true story of America.

0:08.8

And we've made a lot of fun of Ben Shapiro in Current Affairs magazine before, but this book really marks a descent into a deep and disturbing moral abyss.

0:20.4

Professor Matt McManus and I have written a review of this book on Curit Affairs

0:25.6

called Ben Shapiro's latest book,

0:27.9

adopts a horrifying Creators v. Parasites' worldview.

0:32.0

You can check that out on current affairs.

0:33.6

So here's the basics of lions and scavengers by Ben Shapiro.

0:39.5

Okay, there are the good people.

0:42.0

That's you, the audience.

0:44.5

Then there are the bad people.

0:46.7

That's them with a capital T.

0:48.6

They are parasitic.

0:50.4

They resent your success.

0:52.6

They're trying to destroy you.

1:16.7

They hate you. They build nothing. You are a noble lion. You have a glorious flowing mane. You are beautiful, muscular, the leader of your pride. You create everything that is good in the world. While they are circling vultures, sneering, pathetic, hideous,

1:19.6

they want to eat your carcass.

1:21.5

Now they're weaker than you.

1:26.5

You could beat them in a one-on-one fight, but the vultures don't play fair. They take advantage of the fact that you're good, moral, and decent.

1:31.4

They're plotting your destruction.

1:33.4

They will stop at nothing.

1:34.6

They are coming, and so on and so forth.

1:38.0

That's basically the attitude, the overview of the worldview and writing style that is on display in this book.

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