Lionel Shriver - The Left’s War on Merit

Highly acclaimed author and commentator Lionel Shriver discusses her new novel, 'Mania'. Topics include:
-Why she choose IQ as the topic of her new book 

-Why the left are ‘obsessed with sameness’

-Where ideological ‘manias’ come from and what the next hysteria will be 

-The flawed thinking behind ‘social justice’ 

-The literary influences on her writing 

-Why some people conform with social fads and others do not 

-The inherent contradictions of woke

-Losing friends due to the culture war

-Her views on euthanasia

-Who she will vote for in the US election
And loads more! 

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