The Current Thing Lionel Shriver - The Left's War on Merit
May 13, 2024
01:14:02
Highly acclaimed author and commentator Lionel Shriver discusses her new novel, 'Mania'. Topics include:
-Why she choose IQ as the topic of her new book -Why the left are ‘obsessed with sameness’ -Where ideological ‘manias’ come from and what the next hysteria will be -The flawed thinking behind ‘social justice’ -The literary influences on her writing -Why some people conform with social fads and others do not -The inherent contradictions of woke -Losing friends due to the culture war -Her views on euthanasia -Who she will vote for in the US election
And loads more!
-Why she choose IQ as the topic of her new book -Why the left are ‘obsessed with sameness’ -Where ideological ‘manias’ come from and what the next hysteria will be -The flawed thinking behind ‘social justice’ -The literary influences on her writing -Why some people conform with social fads and others do not -The inherent contradictions of woke -Losing friends due to the culture war -Her views on euthanasia -Who she will vote for in the US election
And loads more!
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