As you may have guessed from our strange spelling, UnHerd aims to do two things: to push back against the herd mentality with new and bold thinking, and to provide a platform for otherwise unheard ideas, people and places. We think this approach is more needed than ever. Societies across the West are divided and stuck, and the established media is struggling to make sense of what’s happening. The governing ideologies of the past generation are too often either unquestioningly defended or rejected wholesale. It’s easy and safe to be in one or other of these two camps – defensive liberal or angry reactionary - but UnHerd is trying to do something different, and harder. We want to be bold enough to identify those things that have been lost, as well as gained, by the liberal world order of the past thirty years; but we strive to be always thoughtful rather than divisive. Welcome to UnHerd. We hope you find something that makes you think again. https://linktr.ee/unherdtv
France’s economic instability and the rising geopolitical tensions between Europe and Russia define the current European landscape. Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s proposal to convert French public debt held by the central bank into perpetual bonds aims to bypass austerity and foster investment, though critics argue this constitu...
The current global landscape is defined by a dangerous "pre-war" mentality that rejects diplomacy in favor of escalating tensions. While recent summits between major powers like the United States and China are dismissed for lacking concrete outcomes, these meetings remain essential for preventing catastrophic conflict....
The European political center is undergoing a terminal decline, characterized by the paralysis of traditional parties and a failure to address structural economic weaknesses. Germany’s recent election results, specifically the CDU’s failure to meet representation thresholds in certain states, exemplify this broader mel...
The rise of far-right movements like the AfD and Le Pen stems from the failure of centrist governments to deliver economic prosperity, mirroring the collapse of the Weimar Republic. While traditional narratives blame technical constitutional deficiencies for Hitler’s ascent, the true cause was the economic devastation ...
The Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) has achieved a political earthquake in Saxony-Anhalt, securing nearly 44% of the vote and signaling a fundamental shift in German governance. This result exposes the failure of the long-standing "firewall" strategy, which sought to isolate the party but instead fueled its growth by...
The Icelandic referendum rejecting EU accession negotiations signals a broader disillusionment with the European Union, which has shifted from a beacon of 21st-century success to an institution struggling with stagnation and anti-innovation regulation. Beyond the Icelandic case, the North Atlantic liberal consensus on ...
The global financial system faces a potential singularity as the United States grapples with unsustainable public and private debt, challenging the long-held assumption that the dollar’s reserve currency status provides immunity from default. While traditional fiscal mechanisms struggle to contain rising interest rates...
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