Thread by @wrathofgnon

“We have been massively misinformed by propaganda from the politicians and the lobbyists, who wish us to accept as inevitable something that is not inevitable at all, but merely one input into the compromise that will do justice to our many interests.”
— Where We Are, Scruton

“There is no more vivid symbol of globalization than the glass and steel architecture that has thrust itself into the streets and skylines of our cities, and it is precisely from this aspect of the phenomenon that we should be guided in our resistance to it.”
— Sir Roger Scruton

“It is worth pointing out that most of the propaganda on behalf of globalization reflects a narrow vision of economic value.”
— Where We Are, Sir Roger Scruton

“If we are to mitigate the effects of globalization in its latest phase therefore—the phase in which people and their settlements are treated as exchangeable objects—the humane and patriotic resistance mounted in the nineteenth century must be mounted again.”
— Sir Roger Scruton

“It is often argued in favour of the European Union that, because environmental problems do not respect borders, they can be solved only by transnational directives and regulations of the kind developed by the European Commission. If anything this is the opposite of the truth.”