Free Speech - The Basic Standard of a Free Society

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I agree with everything you said about free speech in your book. But to what extent do we self censor wriht? Because i really don't want to tell people what i'm really thinking, as it's not that that makes me a racist or a masoginist or a anti semi whatever. It's just that people have private thoughts. And the idea that we can rationalize ourselves into a brave new world is one that seems to me to be empirically false. I drawi directly in between that and the freedom, the scientific progress, the technological progress and the dominance of the anglosphere countries in the world. There is a direct connection between these things andthe ability

Shermer and Kisin discuss: growing up in Russia • “The Talk” Russian parents give their children • What is the “West” and how do Russians view it • Should Whites feel some guilt for slavery, racism, misogyny, bigotry, etc.? • systemic racism: criminal justice, housing, employment, income, wealth • Critical Race Theory (CRT) • immigration • free, private, and public speech • how language is used to distort truth • the origin of “political correctness” • journalism vs. activism • capitalism • and how the West could be lost.

Konstantin Kisin is a journalist, comedian, voiceover actor and social commentator. Born in the Soviet Union, where he experienced both untold wealth and grinding poverty, he moved to the UK when he was 13 years old. Now an award-winning performer, he co-presents the popular YouTube series Triggernometry alongside Francis Foster. Together, they’ve interviewed some of the most in-demand intellectuals of our age, such as Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson and many others.