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The Dark Side of Culture (9): Immigration
Dominated by cultural anxety, the debate on immigration has gone stale. Culture should play no role at all in immigration policy

Jan Dehn
Mar 3017 min read
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The Dark Side of Culture (8): Genocide
The Zone of Interest shows what happens in the final stages of fascism. Ahead of the US election, the film reminds us what is at stake.

Jan Dehn
Nov 4, 20247 min read
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The Dark Side of Culture (7): Oppression
The English admire resilience. But their admiration of resilience allows political parties to sell myths about the country's problems.

Jan Dehn
Apr 29, 20248 min read
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The Dark Side of Culture (6): Brainwashing
Culturalism is the cultural equivalent of racism. It is rife in Western societies and most people are not even aware of it.

Jan Dehn
Apr 14, 20244 min read
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The Dark Side of Culture (5): Religion
Catholic influence during Visogoth rule in Spain was so disastrous that Muslim rule which followed was greeted with open arms.

Jan Dehn
Mar 23, 202415 min read
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The Dark Side of Culture (4): Martyrdom
Martyrdom is a time-honoured method for garnering support for political causes. It is being used in Gaza today.

Jan Dehn
Jan 2, 20249 min read
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The Dark Side of Culture (3): Politics
A great asymmetry explains why cultural differences are so easily exploited for political purposes.

Jan Dehn
Dec 1, 20239 min read
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The Dark Side of Culture (2): Origins
Culture turned to the dark side once human populations came into contact with each other.

Jan Dehn
Nov 28, 20237 min read
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The Dark Side of Culture (1): Darkness
Most people take it for granted that culture is a good thing. Yet, culture sits right at the heart of darkness.

Jan Dehn
Nov 27, 20237 min read
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