God, Marxism, and the Fall of the West | Ayaan Hirsi Ali | EP 457

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. They discuss the subversion of the West, how the pursuit of truth has become the ownership of it, the corruptive nature of the oppressor/oppressed power narrative, the importance of Christian ideals, and why a push for restoration is more necessary than ever before. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, a Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at The Harvard Kennedy School, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the bestselling author of “Infidel” (2007) and “Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now” (2015). Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Hirsi Ali strove to live as a devout Muslim during her early life, but in 1992, fled to the Netherlands to escape a forced marriage. She became a citizen and went on to study at the University of Leiden. From 2003 to 2006, Hirsi Ali served as an elected member of the Dutch parliament and then moved to the U.S., where she founded the AHA Foundation to protect and defend the rights of women from harmful traditional practices. In 2024, Hirsi Ali founded Restorationbulletin.com, where she explores the forces of subversion plaguing Western society. The episode covers topics such as the subversion of the West (4:25), collusion between Islamists and Neo-Marxists (11:33), good dialogue and cultural Christianity (13:47), the rise of tribalism in the West, metastasizing Marxism (16:03), can the institutions be saved when they are so corrupted? (33:25), de‑radicalization: Germany and Gaza (42:58), the victim/victimizer narrative is a major problem for Jews (46:56), how Europe failed at integration (51:31), recognizing that we are lost: spiritual bankruptcy (58:17), society is based on the principle of sacrifice (1:13:03), Tolstoy’s Confessions: the golden chord and the abyss of despair (1:18:24), in conversation with Dr. Richard Dawkins (1:20:13), the surge of presentism and the need to protect the classics (1:25:17), the miracle of the Abraham Accords and the modern Pharisees (1:27:34), and we must offer a better invitation (1:36:07).