The mob vs the miracle: will Western civilization survive? with Jonah Goldberg

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Is western civilization in decline? Author and political commentator Jonah Goldberg joins us for a conversation about his book "Suicide of the West" - an exploration of the history and founding principles which gave us the miracle that we call America. The progressive left has spent decades stoking tribalism and identity politics to tear that miracle apart, erase history, and remake civilization. Do the events of the past few months mean their efforts are succeeding?

Jonah Goldberg holds the Asness Chair in Applied Liberty at the American Enterprise Institute, is editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, and hosts the podcast “The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg.” Follow Jonah on Twitter at @JonahDispatch.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	But all men are clean.
0:04.0	Because I remember Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.2	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:08.9	This is the podcast for Insights Into the Issues.
0:11.5	China, Bioterrorism, Medicare for All, in-depth discussions.
0:15.9	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:17.8	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.4	Welcome back everybody.
0:26.1	We've got Jonah Goldberg with us today.
0:27.9	This is going to be a really good one.
0:29.3	It's going to be deep.
0:30.4	And we're going to talk about one of the most important topics.
0:33.2	I think you can imagine talking about these days,
0:36.4	which is the decline in Western civilization,
0:39.2	and more importantly the appreciation for the principles that gave us what Jonah calls the miracle
0:45.4	that we have today.
0:46.6	A lot of people don't believe it's a miracle at all.
0:48.4	A lot of people believe that it's inherently corrupt and evil and that America should be torn
0:52.9	limb from limb.
0:54.3	And we're seeing that in quite the literal sense these days.
0:58.8	And it's very concerning to me.
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