#142 - Nathan Pinkoski - France Sacrificed Free Speech To Keep The Peace, Britain Did The Same And Now Neither Has Either

Nathan Pinkoski is a Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, the translator of Eric Zemmour’s The Suicide of France, and author of the forthcoming Silent Revolution: The End of the Liberal West. He writes for First Things and Compact and publishes the Substack Lament for the Nations. In this conversation, we think out loud about: — Why Zemmour’s Suicide of France sold half a million copies and what it tells the English-speaking world — How the 1968 revolution conquered society rather than the state — and nobody noticed the difference — The 10% threshold: when the foreign-born population reaches a certain level, free speech is the price of keeping the peace — How Britain could dismantle its entire progressive legal architecture in a single statute — and why France, Canada, and America cannot — Pierre Trudeau’s constitutional coup: how Canada became the end game of perverted Westminster, and why only Tony Benn and Enoch Powell saw it coming — The three deaths of the father: de Gaulle, paternal authority, and the gold standard — and why the West no longer produces leaders — How Vichy was weaponised to impose collective guilt on the French people and delegitimise national sovereignty — Why the smartphone killed assimilation and the Ellis Island myth is dead — Why the only way to save the West is Christian revival Find Nathan Pinkoski: Substack: lamentforthenations.substack.com X The Suicide of France by Eric Zemmour Related episodes you might enjoy: — France Is Fracturing Along Ethnic And Religious Lines. Britain Is Next — What Happens When The West’s Strong Gods Return — The West Killed God. Then It Killed Man — How Ireland Changed Beyond Recognition The Call of England — a documentary series retracing a 1927 journey through England: Episode 1 Episode 2 Thinking Class is a long-form interview podcast on the cultural, historical and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, the Anglosphere and the wider West. Hosted by John Gillam. ▶ YouTube ✍ Substack 🎧 Spotify 🍎 Apple 🐦 X New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.