Book · 2018
Suicide of the West
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I mean jonah goldberg wrote this amazing book suicide of the west and he talks about all of this essentially how the enlightenment and we just stumbled on this miracle.
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Who's a conservative, a atheist conservative, you know, I think is "Suicide of the West," Jonah Goldberg, first line of the book is, "There is no God, he's a arch-conservative.
Peter Boghossian The Rubin Report · Feb 2023 Why people recommend it
Jonah Goldberg's Suicide of the West is a provocative cultural and political analysis tracing how the Enlightenment and classical liberalism created the modern miracle of human progress and prosperity. Bridget Phetasy recommended the book on The Joe Rogan Experience in September 2020, praising it as an amazing work that explains how humanity stumbled upon the unique conditions of liberty and capitalism after millennia of stagnation. Later, in February 2023 on The Rubin Report, Peter Boghossian also brought up Goldberg's book during a discussion about conservative thought, noting that the author approaches society from an atheist conservative perspective and famously opens the text by stating there is no God. Goldberg's central thesis warns that the very successes of Western civilization have made its citizens complacent, leading them to take foundational institutions for granted and risk destroying the cultural norms that sustain freedom. Both podcast appearances highlighted the book's sharp insights into modern political tribalism, cultural decay, and the fragility of democratic capitalism. The discussions emphasized that remembering the historical improbability of the Western miracle is essential for defending it against contemporary ideological threats and internal political polarization.
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Bridget Phetasy i mean jonah goldberg wrote this amazing book suicide of the west and he talks about all of this essentiall… 1
“i mean jonah goldberg wrote this amazing book suicide of the west and he talks about all of this essentially how the enlightenment and we just stumbled on this miracle”
Peter Boghossian who's a conservative, a atheist conservative, you know, I think is "Suicide of the West," Jonah Goldberg, f… 1
“who's a conservative, a atheist conservative, you know, I think is "Suicide of the West," Jonah Goldberg, first line of the book is, "There is no God, he's a arch-conservative."”
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“suicide of the west by Jonah Goldberg godsave Texas by Lawrence Wright and Russian Roulette by Michael isakov and David Korn at number 15”