Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
This clip comes from the following episode of Cotto-Gottfried in a conversation with Academic Agent:
youtube.com/watch?v=fhMriteR6r0&t=870s
In this clip Gottfried praises the 19th century bourgeoise liberal order but highlights their misunderstanding of human nature. Those who had the profound understanding of human nature were the Machiavellians and earlier counter-revolutionaries. Most people are incapable of self government and 'freedom' in the liberal democratic frame and need authentic hierarchy and to be incorporated into broader communities.
This clip comes from the following episode of Cotto-Gottfried in a conversation with Academic Agent:
youtube.com/watch?v=fhMriteR6r0&t=870s
In this clip Gottfried praises the 19th century bourgeoise liberal order but highlights their misunderstanding of human nature. Those who had the profound understanding of human nature were the Machiavellians and earlier counter-revolutionaries. Most people are incapable of self government and 'freedom' in the liberal democratic frame and need authentic hierarchy and to be incorporated into broader communities.
