Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West | Lex Fridman Podcast #296

Douglas Murray is an author and political commentator. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Brave: https://brave.com/lex - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - BiOptimizers: http://www.magbreakthrough.com/lex to get 10% off - Notion: https://notion.com/startups to get up to $1000 off team plan - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free NOTE: At the 50 minute mark Douglas briefly mentions historian Niall Ferguson, and we use an incorrect overlay of Niall's photo. This is a good opportunity to mention two things. First, we have amazing folks helping with this podcast, and they might make mistakes sometimes, as do all of us. Thanks for your understanding on that. Second, Niall Ferguson is a great historian, please check out his work and his conversation with me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF6x1ftN-H4 EPISODE LINKS: Douglas's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurray Douglas's Instagram: https://instagram.com/douglaskmurray Douglas's Website: https://douglasmurray.net The War on the West (book): https://amzn.to/38L7B36 Madness of Crowds (book): https://amzn.to/3MShBpX Strange Death of Europe (book): https://amzn.to/3OnYmEX PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:47 - Western civilization 10:28 - Slavery 14:04 - Reparations 19:09 - Institutional racism 26:22 - Lived experience 35:47 - Resentment 47:53 - Critical race theory 1:02:26 - Racism 1:21:24 - Stalin 1:25:58 - Churchill 1:32:01 - Marxism 1:48:40 - Madness of Crowds 1:57:13 - Ego 2:04:20 - Donald Trump 2:11:04 - America's future 2:18:31 - Advice for young people 2:27:15 - Love SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman