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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 574
James Tucker on George Grant & Nationalism
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Greg Johnson and guest Keith Woods (Substack, Twitter) were joined by James Tucker (Substack, Twitter), author of the recent Counter-Currents essay “Where George Grant Went Wrong,” for the second half of the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio. James’ essay is on why only racial nationalism, rather than blank-slate conservatism such as advocated for by Canadian philosopher George Grant, can successfully oppose the new liberal totalitarian agenda, and the broadcast is now available for download and online listening.
Topics discussed include:
00:00 James Tucker’s arrival and introduction
00:28 Discussion of George Grant’s political philosophy
01:06 Exploring concepts of nationalism
02:25 The debate on individualist versus communitarian nationalism
02:49 The role of the state in nationalism
03:09 The concept of nationhood
04:47 Historical examples of national consciousness
06:19 The impact of modernity on nationalism
08:32 The challenges of maintaining a common culture
13:03 The future of liberalism and the genetic state
14:01 The role of eugenics in society
14:57 Genetic similarity and social harmony
18:21 On eugenics
21:02 Homogeneity is necessary for liberalism
25:09 On demographic differences in perceptions of free speech
28:05 The Hapsburg Empire was multicultural
30:11 On monarchy vs. nationalism
32:37 On mutational load
34:34 How individualist societies are homogeneous
38:44 How our individualism is a weakness
40:31 Robert Putnam on diversity
41:27 If mutational load causes Leftism, then why doesn’t it exist around the world?
44:21 Starship Troopers was a conspiracy because of 9/11
44:54 On electoral politics
46:29 Does Neema Parvini’s theory effectively undermine the establishment?
49:37 On Vladimir Putin’s endorsement of Joe Biden
50:27 On zoomer Orthodox Christianity
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2 comments
I greatly enjoyed this interview but there is something that I feel I might have explained better. When I said that ethnonationalism is inherently liberal, I meant in the Grantian definition. For Grant liberalism is the liberation of the passions and conservatism their restraint. Ethnic nationalism seeks to free the nation from imposed, state patriotisms in favour of more natural, innate ones.
I think it’s very much possible that starship troopers is neocon pro war propaganda. There’s a lot of that during that time period, most notably three kings, which has been reviewed to this effect at this website. Three Kings is practically a propaganda piece for the reinvasion of Iraq. Compared to that movie, starship troopers works at a more abstract general level. One sees it in other forms, such as Bridget Jones diary when she says,” I would rather have a job wiping Saddam Hussein‘s ass that work for you! “ There are probably others. That could be an interesting paper for someone to write; turn-of-the-century neocon propaganda in the media. Independence Day, also with the hint of foreknowledge—wasn’t one of the planes headed to the white house? Nothing in Hollywood movies is by chance. It’s a tightly controlled propaganda apparatus. Everything is about something specific, even if we might not have the knowledge to perceive it.
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