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#611 - Technology and Empire (Patreon)

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2025-04-04 03:02:22
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In a moment when Canada is under existential threat, we look back on a great Canadian thinker who argued that Our Home and Native Land was already an American colony by the mid-20th century. In this special solo episode, Luke discusses George Grant, a self-described conservative who became an icon for the Canadian left, and his 1965 book "Lament for a Nation"

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Maria L.

As a British listener, I always really love the Canadian political history episodes, as they offer me a window into a fascinating history I have little access to, here. I've found liberals' recent framing of free trade with the USA as an inherent uplifting good for the people of the world, part and parcel of humanistic liberal internationalism, utterly maddening. This episode has helped my thoughts coalesce on the matter, and well, I guess it's hardly so recent. During Grant's words about automobiles, I thought of images from The Magnificent Ambersons, which felt almost agonising to watch 2 years ago at the dawn of this AI slop age.

Blank

A rare Luke solo! Lfg

Zach

Haven't listened yet but I'm pretty pumped. I didn't know about Grant until I started listening to this podcast and since then, he's played a pretty key role in my understanding of Canada.

Myles Bartoli

That was a nice listen to finish the working week. 👍

Iain

Great episode, Luke! Left nationalism is pretty prevalent in leftist circles here in Scotland. With no natural home for the left, the Scottish National Party appealed to a significant part of the electorate, standing on liberal cultural issues while maintaining a broadly centrist / centre-right fiscal policy. It's only now that corruption allegations, a pro-/anti-trans split in the party (and accompanying right-wing backlash), and voter apathy threaten their hegemony (18 years in power and counting). We also have a significant amount of conservative nationalists, in both Scottish and Unionist (British) flavours. The SNP lost a massive number of votes in the last UK election, so it's anyone's guess which way the winds will be blowing by the time the next national election rolls round.

Gus

This rocked!