Douglas Carswell argues that postmodernism, which rejects absolute truth in favor of power and intersectionality, has become a "mind virus" that has weakened Britain's elite and governance. He traces the country's institutional decline to this philosophical shift.
If you try to run a country on the principles of postmodernism, the idea of no absolute truth, of all relationships being defined by power and intersectional struggle, if you try and run a country on that basis, first of all, your political parties become interchangeable. But secondly, you, you fail dismally. The United Kingdom was, I think, not just the first example of a a country that underwent an industrial revolution. It's the first example of a society that has been ruined by an elite marinated in the principles of postmodernism. And it, I think, is leading to a fairly existential crisis of Britain's elite. And I think if you want to understand the state of Britain, you have to understand the extent to which postmodernism, like a mind virus, has destroyed the ability of sensible people to govern.
It's a joy to be with you, Douglas Carswell, and God bless you for your work in America. Well, thank you. We need people like you.
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