Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Douglas Murray on the death of Europe u0026 identity - BQ #11" video.

For a fantastically intelligent, fantastically insightful man, Murray can talk some nonsense. "Endlessly recyclying decades old stories is a sign of decadence". What, like the Biblical foundation of western society does, or the morality tales and fairy stories that have been passed down for hundreds or thousands of years in every nation on earth? People whining about how badly off they are whilst living in the greatest time ever to live. What the hell does the rest of human history have to do with it? People's happiness is relative to the times and circumstances in which they live. Wealthy people commit suicide. You don't go up to a medieval person dying og black death and say "Well at least you're not being eaten by a sabre tooth tiger!" Trans issue: Wilfully choosing not to accept a definition of gender which has changed from the one that YOU prefer to use is hardly a sign of the honesty that you claim to be interested in.
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@thorn4512 Yes, that's an excellent point if leissure time is your primary metric for happiness. I prefer living in a connected, educated world where minor diseases are not a death sentence, we have electricity and computers and are not in the thrall of the church. But at the same time, I definitely take your point.
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@thorn4512 Again some very good points. "Only the BoE should create money and not private institutions; but that's probably an economics lesson too far for most." I'd be interested to hear you expand upon this a little please.
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