How the West’s promise of freedom created a world of anger

Comments

1. Eliasrana: Mishra always makes my head spin with these intellectual gymnastics isn't he trying to absolve current powers by tracing anger back to Enlightenment principles?
2. Sana: you'd think enlightening people on how anger works would've led to some more forward-thinking politicians, but i suppose that's too much to ask
3. Adam: it sounds like he's revisiting some old arguments; do people really get so mad at the Enlightenment now?
4. Sanakarim: i'm still trying to wrap my head around this enlightenment/empires connection he's making, seems too simplistic?
5. Lenakaur: what's Enlightenment got to do with today's outrage culture?
6. Cobalt Cipher: love that Pankaj's gonna put everything back in perspective as usual
7. Lunavossxo: you're still pinning all this on the Enlightenment, Pankaj? seems too simplistic to me, especially given how many historical events got conveniently forgotten in that narrative
8. Arlo: unfortunately that Enlightenment history lesson can't match the pace of modern football strategy sometimes feels like you're being lectured by an out-of-touch professor who's lost sight of the pitch
9. Theopetrov: this idea that we can retroactively blame enlightenment on modern anger just feels like... a cop-out
10. Selim: that's a pretty broad leap from Enlightenment to modern-day anger - what specific historical events or thinkers is he linking them back to?
11. Talia: seems like a nice try to cram complex history into an hour-long show 🕰️
12. Elin: it's interesting that pankaj mishra links todays anger to the enlightenment, but what about when that same promise was made to colonized peoples?
13. Aiden: seen this argument before, but Mishra's framing feels too neat – we created a global culture that internalizes our values too readily

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