#144 - Ben Jones - Britain Has Become An Island Of Strangers And You’re Not Allowed To Say So

Dr Ben Jones is the Director of Case Management at the Free Speech Union and author of Island of Strangers: Diversity, Decline & Free Speech In Crisis

In this conversation, we think out loud about:

• When saying “it’s a free country” died in Britain and what replaced it
• 6,000 people punished for speaking in five years, and what the Free Speech Union’s caseload reveals about modern Britain
• How hyperdiversity and the decline of Christianity have destroyed the shared moral universe
• Why the ethno-nationalist vs civic-nationalist debate is irrelevant — both will be swept away by events
• Britain’s pre-revolutionary state: the last time this happened, we executed a king
• Why Islam poses a distinct challenge that cannot be reconciled with Western liberal values
• The ruling class has seceded from the nation and treats the population as an obstacle
• The psychological toll of cultural dispossession and why he now has to spell “Ben Jones”
• The state is sponsoring an invasion inflicted primarily on women and girls, which has created a crisis of legitimacy
• Why 2029 may be the last chance to turn this around

Find Ben Jones: 

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Related episodes: 

• Nathan Pinkoski — France Sacrificed Free Speech To Keep The Peace: https://youtu.be/ztpqjZq9h4M?si=DtQxUi4K84cPYapg
• Auron MacIntyre — The West Has Already Become A Total State: https://youtu.be/GbTU7HrQlU8?si=zg8pwO_MVhPor9qo
• R.R. Reno — What Happens When The West’s Strong Gods Return: https://youtu.be/U_cXZnkU-JI?si=shQ2C4lKRNP5sBqN
• Lionel Shriver — Immigration, Demography, And Belonging: https://youtu.be/IWG6zPX0EpE?si=CJ_W1ogZtHbhzCJk

Watch The Call of England: https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ

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