#149 - Bella d'Abrera - How Australia Became A Warning For Every Western Democracy
Bella d'Abrera is the former Director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Programme at the Institute of Public Affairs in Australia and the author of Mindless.
In this conversation, we think out loud about:
• How Paulo Freire conquered every teachers' college in the Anglosphere
• The deliberate destruction of the humanities — Shakespeare removed, grievance installed
• Geoffrey Blainey — death threats for questioning immigration
• The state of Australia — demographic transformation and national mythology
• Why the capture of education is a project, not a failure
• What recovery actually…
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