America's Best Intentions Are Blowing Up in Its Face | Ayaan Hirsi Ali
January 30, 2026
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as posted by the channelDave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Ayaan Hirsi Ali about the decline of classical liberalism and why it struggles to defend itself; her intellectual journey from atheism to Christianity as a search for liberalism’s moral roots; the choice between Christian and Islamist societies through lived examples; why the danger of abandoning Judeo-Christian values leads societies toward authoritarianism, violence, and collapse; and much more.
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