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Rutger Bregman: Why civilisation is a curse
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Jun 16, 2020
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40m
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Click here to subscribe to UnHerd: https://unherd.com/subscribe-daily-email/ Freddie Sayers catches up with Dutch historian and campaigner Rutger Bregman to hear why Hobbes was wrong, how civilisation has mostly made people miserable, and why Jordan Peterson is wrong.
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