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#014 - Ed West - Lessons From History: Elites, Populists, and Cultural Amnesia

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Ed West is a columnist and author of the popular 'Wrong Side of History' Substack. Ed's work has appeared in many of Britain's biggest publications. He is also the author of many books, including Saxons versus Vikings: Alfred The Great, 1215 and all that, 1066 and before all that, and What We Got Wrong About Immigration and How To Set It Right. We talk about why why cultural elites (and the ideas they hold) matter, why having a shared common cultural narrative is important, whether we we need 'historical leaders, historic misalignments between rulers and ruled, examples of top-down impositions of cultural change in Britain, what Ed means by 'nice things' and why it's ok to have them. Show notes- Wrong Side of History - Substack

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Ed West is a columnist and author of the popular 'Wrong Side of History' Substack. Ed's work has appeared in many of Britain's biggest publications. He is also the author of many books, including Saxons versus Vikings: Alfred The Great, 1215 and all that, 1066 and before all that, and What We Got Wrong About Immigration and How To Set It Right. We talk about why why cultural elites (and the ideas they hold) matter, why having a shared common cultural narrative is important, whether we we ne...

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