Why the Left's Vision of Equity Is Flawed | Douglas Murray

Douglas Murray explains the heart of the Meritocracy debate and why the Left's goals are fundamentally flawed. From the 2023 National Review Institute Ideas Summit in Washington D.C..

[eljefeamericano]

I can pretty easily imagine why tolerance has fallen out of favor. Give an inch, lose a mile. Tolerance only works if it's reciprocal. Otherwise, it's just one group taking advantage of another.

[Fisherpriest]

Tolerance has limits. That's why engineers measure it.

[mattshannon]

As someone who used to be a die-hard leftist. It is really sad to see the party I grew up a part of lose touch with reality so heavily.

[steveyoung]

Iv'e been following Murray, reading and listening to him for some time. He is indeed, among a few capable thinkers of the 21st century, able to articule the problems, the causes and solutions intelligently. So refreshing opposed to the leftist diatribe that we have been subjected to for so long.

[KeithOlson]

One note on 'tolerance': both tolerance *AND* intolerance are helpful, neutral, *AND* harmful, depending on the specific circumstance of each and every unique situation. Should we tolerate someone making basic mistakes as they learn? Of course we should! Should we tolerate someone making basic mistakes if they declare that they are an expert and lives are on the line? Of course we shouldn't! (I also can't help but notice that those who most loudly call for tolerance from their foes are also almost always the most INtolerant people in the room.)

[xiaoabrose]

A man who makes me proud to be British. An extremely rare occurrence in these strange times.

[brocktoon]

LOVE Douglas Murray!!! A national treasure.

[projectalice]

Most people do not exist on an extreme and do not want to exist on an extreme.

Those of us who lie somewhere in the middle, slightly left/slightly right are the only ones who can fix this.

Those who lie on either extreme are nothing more than a distraction (and becoming a real threat) that is preventing the rest of us from focusing of what really matters.

They do not represent the majority, and yet the rest of us have allowed them to steamroll over us and take control of every aspect of our lives.

It is time to put our trivial differences to the side; focus on what we all have in common; come together as a United front; and say NO to the extremism.

Until we do, this will only continue to get worse; and the longer we put off addressing this, the less likely we are to overcome it and the greater the price we will all have to pay.

[yourewelcomeamericathepodc]

When Douglas Murray is talking, I listen

[edenbreckhouse]

In a world where IQ varies the concept of equity is ridiculous.

[Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

GOD I love Douglas Murray since I discovered him almost 6 years ago. He has educated me in many ways. Yes with discussion and how to debate (I admit I'm still struggling to keep my shit together when someone won't open their ears lol) but I have learnt soo many words which I didn't understand before. So before I carried on listening I looked them up so I could understand the full context of any said discussion. It's VERY empowering to feel you have learnt something inadvertently as well as consciously.
I'm 46 now and never really gave a damn about social issues, politics or government policy in my 20s which I regret.

[stevefritz]

I love the thumbnail photo used to intro this video. It expresses the thought that elevating everyone to the same position gives them the same view. We all have different talents and abilities. Putting me on a box so I can see a game doesn't mean I'm going to gain more from a game I don't understand or never played. Some things only come from learning and experience. That 'gradual' growth, as spoken of in this video, is valuable and will make those who take that path stronger, not weaker or hindered.

[TheyCalledMeT]

quotas force less qualified people into positions where another person would do a better job if the quota wouldn't exist ..
creating lower efficiency over all and resentment amongst those who see a person in a privileged position which is in this place because of quotas

[Cristoforo]

How about we all agree it would be nice to live in a world where as many people as possible were able to reach as close to their fullest potential as possible? Why do we obsessively continue to look at individual achievements through a comparative lens, always comparing ourselves to other’s Facebook page photos?

[maryboylan]

Fantastic talk and so correct about where we are now.

[peachesandcream]

Rightly so, it's about time we decided to provide answers and ideas instead of complaining about the Left and "dismantling" their arguments. We need solutions and actionable plans.

[Thor-Orion]

I’ve met like 3 women electricians in my career as an electrician. They’re all cool and pull their weight, because if they didn’t they would have weeded themselves out like the weak men do.

[cortezcabret]

I’m beginning to think Douglass is the brightest of all thinkers on the “right” today. Every time I listen to him I’m amazed at the clarity of his thinking.

[bwalker]

It is very sobering to look backwards at the peak of one’s society and wonder if the decline ahead will be a gradual one or a very steep slope. I fear the latter.

[h.austin]

EXCEPTIONAL. Thank you again, Douglas Murray.