#14 - Eric Kaufman: cultural socialism, woke ideology and the future of west

Eric Kaufmann is a political scientist and professor at the University of Buckingham. He writes on culture, demography, identity, and liberalism. He’s the author of Whiteshift, The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America, and Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution, follow Eric on Twitter

We talk about identity politics, liberalism vs authoritarianism, population decline, post-liberal ideology, and how Western societies might navigate demographic and cultural change. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.

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Timestamps

00:00 – Intro

02:41 – Why demographic change is politically explosive

05:21 – The taboo around discussing majority group decline

08:02 – Why liberal universalism isn’t enough anymore

10:43 – From classical liberalism to post-liberal society

13:24 – The rise of sacralized race and gender categories

16:05 – How the left became institutional

18:46 – Are we in a cultural revolution?

21:27 – The role of elite overproduction

24:08 – Demographic realism vs cultural idealism

26:49 – Immigration and identity management

29:30 – What population decline means for the West

32:11 – The emotional core of cultural anxiety

34:52 – When neutrality becomes a threat to belonging

37:33 – Liberalism, nationalism, and assimilation

40:14 – Why Western countries may resist open borders

42:55 – The future of political polarization

45:36 – Institutional reform vs counter-revolution

48:17 – Final thoughts on hope, fear, and pluralism

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