“You cannot expect a society to open its doors if there is no way to close them. You cannot expect a society to open its gates if there is no gate to open.” — Justin Gest It’s a counterintuitive and deliberately provocative argument. Rather than bolstering open societies, migration actually…
Episode 2954: Justin Gest on How Migration Unintentionally Benefits Authoritarianism Around the World https://keenon.substack.com/p/down-the-democratic-drain?utm_source=youtube
Episode 2953: Patrick Radden Keefe’s Search for Truth in the Most Invisible of Cities https://keenon.substack.com/p/is-london-really-falling-896?utm_source=youtube
“Narrative remains a pretty unbeatable delivery device for information.” — Patrick Radden Keefe Has London really fallen? That’s the question Patrick Radden Keefe — staff writer at The New Yorker and bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing — addressed in his new book, London Falling: A Mysterious…
Episode 2952: Konstanty Gebert on the Interlibrary Loan and Yalta https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-best-and-worst-thing-about-america?utm_source=youtube
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An older man shares a powerful reflection: Will those with privilege choose to hoard it, or will they leverage it to champion social justice? A vital question for our times. #Privilege #SocialJustice #Advocacy #Reflection
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