users to unlock it and quote now if that s s even half true , how is it not an improvement over whata we currently have where peoplere are arbitrarily banned dependingrbit upon the whims of politicians in charge or the powerful crush the weak to maintain their power? tter than if youth think the status quo iu better than that , then you re a tyrant. douglas murray is the author of a brand new and fantastic book this pertinence tonight is called the war on the west. very much worth reading. i have a copy on the desk hereth .much for douglas murray joins us tonight. douglas, thanks so much for coming on as a historian. so this is the overview here. what do you y make of musk s purchase of the social media platform? it s very important indeed w because as he said the other t week recognizes that twitter isa effectively a public square. it s become the public squarewi in america. we may not liketh that , but that s what it s become. and when the public squaree suddenly jus has not juste su