James Lindsay: Distinguishing Liberal Traditions

MTA has conducted a Multi Part Series asking “What Should the Right Want?” Now we conclude that series with a Battle Royale between Christian and Nick to see who should lead the right to victory and what that victory will look like.

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00:00:00 – Defining the argument for what the right should want.

00:03:54 – Analyzing the caricatures and reality of Christian nationalism today.

00:06:11 – Three broad categories defining the current American political right.

00:10:21 – Why classical liberalism requires an objective Christian cultural framework.

00:19:08 – James Lindsay on the roots of American vs European liberalism.

00:26:56 – Is woke ideology a perversion or a conclusion of liberalism?

00:32:55 – Objective standards versus the leftist liberation from physical reality.

00:37:44 – The intellectual failures and internal contradictions of atheist politics.

00:43:53 – Prioritizing Western civilization over specific political or legal systems.

00:50:01 – Saving the country by reclaiming our children from leftist education.

00:57:03 – Join us for the 1613 Men’s Conference in Cincinnati Ohio.

00:58:11 – Why the Constitution only works for a specific moral culture.

01:08:36 – Specific policies to protect national identity and cultural heritage.

01:12:11 – Why we must rethink the separation of church and state.

01:23:40 – Analyzing the UK grooming scandal and political cover up culture.

01:41:12 – Why mass immigration poses a threat to Western cultural unity.

01:43:04 – Michael Knowles on the non-liberal roots of the American Revolution.

01:56:03 – Why the phrase "We the People" no longer has meaning.

02:11:24 – Embracing limitations: Why your children cannot be anything they want.

02:15:23 – Reclaiming your identity in Christ to save our American culture.

02:18:51 – Why the family remains the basic building block of civilization