Rupert Lowe

You know, we've lost our way.

People aren't as principled as they used to be.

And ultimately, it's a function of statism.

I mean, it used to happen in the Soviet Union.

When you get central planning and you get Stasi-like behavior, you get little people making malign decisions behind closed doors and damaging the interests of the good people.

So I always say in Russia,

When the USSR that the qualification you needed to best survive was to be a very good liar Yeah, and I think as a result of that, you know your entire fabric of your society starts to fall apart Which is what happened with them?

Nobody takes any responsibility and then what was it a generation and a half later the whole thing imploded but on the way a lot of people died and a lot of people had a you know, pretty hellish life and

not least one of my favorite characters, Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

Yes.

Who I think made some very, you know, meaningful comment about sort of people being free and equal.

Equal and free.

Or not equal and not free, whichever way you want to look at it.

So he made some great, great comments.

I think we are suffering from too much central planning, too much statism, and too many small people in positions of influence.

Well, I think we have to ask ourselves, why did the post-war elite think that this experiment with multiculturalism was a good idea?

Yes.

And I don't think any of them have ever really answered that question.

I think, obviously, Ireland is a function of what's happening here.

I mean, you've obviously got the wretched