The Truth About Empire They Don’t Want You To Hear - Oxford Prof Nigel Biggar

Nigel Biggar is one of Oxford's most eminent professors of ethics, yet he found himself at the center of a firestorm for simply suggesting that British history contains reasons for both "shame and pride." | | Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics From mass online petitions to having a major book deal canceled by junior staff who found his work "problematic," Nigel’s story is a chilling example of what happens when one man stands against the institutional machine. - Support Nigel Biggar’s work: Get his book "Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning" here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Colonialism-Moral-Reckoning-Nigel-Biggar/dp/0008511675/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 - Follow him here: https://x.com/NigelBiggar In this episode, we dive into the facts the "elites" don't want you to know—from the global reality of empire to the suppressed truth about Britain’s leading role in abolishing slavery. Is the current wave of "self-hatred" a precondition for revolution? And what happens to a society that forgets who it is? Chapters: 0:00 Nigel Biggar: The Professor the Elites Tried to Silence 2:00 The "Ethics and Empire" Project that Caused a Firestorm 4:15 "OMG, Shut This Down": The Cambridge Academic's Tweet 7:15 Why Bloomsbury Cancelled a "Speechless" Manuscript 10:10 The Inflection Point: George Floyd and Systemic Racism Narratives 14:40 The Danger of Revolutions: From Stalin to the French Revolution 17:45 The Horrific Global History of Slavery (That Isn't Taught) 23:50 Facing Hostility: Nigel on the Mehdi Hassan Interview 30:10 "The Room is Not the Room": Lessons from Brett Weinstein 33:45 Why the Focus is Uniquely on British Guilt 37:40 The Truth About Ethnic Disparities: The Sewell Report 43:10 The Logic (and Illogic) of Reparations 50:15 How Christianity and Protestantism Shaped the West 56:30 A Personal Moment: Nigel on Doubt, Love, and Faith #NigelBiggar #BritishEmpire #CancelCulture #Oxford #FreeSpeech #History #Heretics #AndrewGold #Colonialism