Book · 2012 · History
Civilization
The West and the Rest
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You know, he kind of jokingly mentioned to me, he was like, "Josh, I'm going to mention your book, Israel and Civilization, and it's so good.
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Like when I'm looking at if this was a video game, which it's not obviously like a game of civilization, and you've got this one country that's this radical theocracy that's like hellbent on attacking, you know, like of course you have to you have to remove them from the the playing board if you want to win the game.
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Civilization by Niall Ferguson explores the historical rise of Western civilization and the distinct institutional advantages that allowed Western powers to shape the modern global order. On an episode of the Candace podcast, host Candace Owens played a clip featuring Josh Hammer, who jokingly recounted a conversation where Charlie Kirk expressed admiration for his work and his alignment with themes reminiscent of Ferguson's historical analyses regarding civilization. Separately, on an episode of Timcast IRL, guest Ian Crossland used the framework of historical civilizational competition and strategic simulation to make an analytical analogy regarding international relations and military strategy, comparing geopolitical conflicts involving radical theocracies to a competitive strategy game. While the direct references to Ferguson's specific text varied across the broadcasts, the podcasts utilized broader civilizational concepts and historical frameworks to analyze contemporary geopolitical tensions, international conflicts, and the clash of ideological worldviews shaping modern global politics and statecraft. The speakers drew upon these deep historical analogies to contextualize current events and evaluate the strategic dilemmas faced by nations in an increasingly unstable world.
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Ian Crossland Like when I'm looking at if this was a video game, which it's not obviously like a game of civilization, an… 1
“Like when I'm looking at if this was a video game, which it's not obviously like a game of civilization, and you've got this one country that's this radical theocracy that's like hellbent on attacking, you know, like of course you have to you have to remove them from the the playing board if you want to win the game.”
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“you know, he kind of jokingly mentioned to me, he was like, "Josh, I'm going to mention your book, Israel and Civilization, and it's so good."”
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“This is why anybody who's played Starcraft or Warcraft or Command and Conquer knows one of the best strategies, what are they called? Zerging. Yeah. You mass- prodduce tons of little dudes. You don't worry about So, in these strategy games, you can build up your bases, build high-tech weapons, and then some dude just says, "Give me 50 billion”
“I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure in civilization I I I don't know if the later editions are different. You you can't send any kind of unit into an into enemy borders.”
“He's the author of 16 books, good Lord, that's a lot of books, including The Pity of War, The House of Rothschild, Empire, Civilization, and Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist”
“Point two is, and I dedicated the book Civilization to Ayaan for this reason, we take for granted the freedoms that we are given at birth”