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Jack Sands's avatar

When James Holland was on the show, he pointed out that democratic Germany was actually doing rather well, and it was only when there was an economic shock in the form of 1929 that we actually saw Fascism (as well as non-Russian communism) appear as a serious geopolitical problem. Considering that Britain, France, Spain, Canada, New Zealand, certain US states and myriad other countries in Europe and the Anglosphere are playing Russian roulette with their economies, am I right to be worried that one of those could turn into the next Venezuela, Nazi Germany, or even just a Turkey-like country which is willing to play both sides depending on what's convenient, thus eliminating the peace, prosperity and security of Western Europe?

Fredrik's avatar

You argue that the calibre of British politicians has declined. But why? Did worse people enter politics or did politics itself become a profession that increasingly selects for the wrong kind of person?

Would Churchill, Thatcher or Attlee even survive the modern political selection process, with social media scrutiny, party vetting, 24-hour news and the demand never to have said anything off the cuff?

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