Why Are We Yearning For Tradition In 2021? - Tim Stanley - #391

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello, friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Tim Stanley. He's a historian, author and lead writer for the Daily Telegraph. The modern world has given us a lot. Safety and warmth, lighting at night, medicine, new age religions, Deliveroo and OnlyFans. But a lot of people feel unhappy with the life that modernity has handed them and are pulled toward a different style of living. One where they embrace values of the past rather than the future. Expect to learn why the West is at war with its own history, why Notre Dam nearly became a swimming pool, why liberalism is the primary villain, how conservatives are terrible at conserving things, how men's roles in society have been eroded, why all revolutions look the same and much more. I actually think this is a conversation that a lot of people are having, this sort of wistful, nostalgic desire for a simpler time when the world wasn't crazy and there wasn't social media bombarding your face 24 hours a day and didn't take an hour to get to and from work and you didn't feel like materialistic possessions were the basis for your own sense of self-worth in the world. It's an interesting one to see whether there will be a counterculture to modern culture and if the counterculture actually comes from stuff that our parents' generation and our grandparents' generation did. Very interesting. Don't forget that if you're looking for something to read, you want some new book suggestions, the Modern Wisdom reading list is free and you can get your copy right now at chriswillex.com/books.
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I've just got back from Italy, and I've managed to evade all of the culture war stuff, basically not being on Twitter or social media for a full week. And I've arrived back to find out that Ted Cruz has been accused of apologizing for Nazi salutes at a teacher's meeting and that Rishi's budget is racist or some other horse shit. So I've descended back into the muck and the mire, but you're here with me. So we're both going into it today.