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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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