Paul Mason
The Disruptor
Contrarian and drawn to the edge; challenges the settled answer.
Paul Mason is a journalist and commentator known for his critical perspective on mainstream politics and media. This interview reveals his role as a disruptor who seeks to mobilize change and provoke thought around the evolving landscape of British politics.
“It will, and I think that is why so many of the elites in fear of what has to happen, what do they do? Two things. They deny climate science. I've met so many people, both in leadership roles and in foot soldier roles in the Trump movement, who they have to deny climate science because if it's right, their world has ended.”
“My aim is to transcend a market-based economy. I want an economy based on abundance. A short summary is, for me, big information technology makes utopian socialism possible.”
“Going, you're Well, I would say, first of all, let's see the science, because as your listeners know, this is not a theoretical, this is not a hypothetical question. Race science, as it is called, is it currently attempting to invade the university here in the UK and of course in the United States?”
“The philosopher Michel Foucault says in his famous College de France lectures Man is an invention of a recent date and would soon be wiped away from history. I'm remembering the quote like a human face drawn in the sand as the tide comes in.”
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson — 30/04/2017
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