This book by Elias Canetti came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: guest. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
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Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West | Lex Fridman Podcast #296
“elias canetti is very good on that crowd some power um and eric hoffer who is a sort of self-taught amazing”— guest
The guest here is Douglas Murray: British author and commentator known for The Madness of Crowds, The War on the West, and The Strange Death of Europe. A controversial conservative thinker who critiques what he sees as cultural Marxism and the deconstruction of Western history. Douglas Murray argues Western civilization faces a one-sided cultural assault rooted in resentment, with gratitude as the antidote.
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