Niall Ferguson + Dave Rubin

History departments have moved to the “monochrome left" , in his estimation
Definition of defeat in the culture war is that it’s imperceptible
- Often it’s a replacement problem
- Conservative historians weren’t ever replaced
- The left was good at succession; that was the important game
Stanford history department wanted no part of him; only Hoover affiliation
- Unlike at Harvard; was a pariah at Stanford
- Implicit rule that you don’t hire right-leaning historians or grad students
Students in a class he lectured in hadn’t considered the religious angle of 9/11
- Howard Zinn’s books are most prominent; but just one perspective

IDW…such mystique and interest
- How could he be part of it, when he’s been in establishments for so long
- Seemed disingenuous to put himself in same category as Brett Weinstein and others
- But it’s not about denial of platform: about whether you’re seen to speak for those who feel that they’ve been silenced
Cowardice is the most powerful force in human history
- Seen it with his wife, and those who hesitate to support her
- Fear of getting targeted by jihad, or something
Biggest newspapers have cultures like colleges
- NYT, FT..
The guilty until proven innocent model of current outrage..
- It’s like a wheel of fate, medieval style
Scots have a self-image of courage and boldness
- Marching towards gunfire, bagpipes playing
When to NYU imminently after 9/11
- Feels like it comes from his Scottish feeling of defiance

Soviets recruited British sympathizers in academia
- Single most successful act of Russian espionage
- Very exclusive network infiltration
Took the Remain position, due to friendship with Cameron, Osborne and others
Found arguments of Brexit advocates as unconvincing
- That you’ll recoup money and give it to domestic services
- Immigration was the issue
- Britain was subject to open borders, and inheriting Germany’s (or others) immigration policies
- Feels he was wrong initially; can admit that
- Should’ve advised Cameron that he advocated for Brexit after there was pitiful progress on immigration across EU
Not a fan of Theresa May
In this weird scenario where Brexit is being implemented by those who really don’t want it
- Disaster to be subject to rules of EU, through trade or whatever, without getting the top-tier upside
Thinks this whole fiasco can lead the way to Corbyn and totally leftist government