Triggernometry is proudly independent. Thanks to the sponsors below for making that possible: - Subscribe to *AG1* at https://drinkag1.com/trig - Shopify! Sign up for a $1 per month trial at https://www.shopify.co.uk/trigger/ - SHEATH: go to https://Sheath.com - HIMS: Hair loss treatment, go to https://hims.com/trigger Dr David Butterfield is Provost of Ralston College (https://www.ralston.ac/), Editor-in-Chief of Antigone (https://antigonejournal.com/), and Literary Editor of The Critic (https://thecritic.co.uk/). He recently hosted a YouTube tour of his Classics library with @timothykenny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuHYBFh3K30 Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Shop Merch here - https://shop.triggerpod.co.uk/ Advertise on Triggernometry: https://trigger-brands.com | or enquire at marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 - Trailer 00:44 - What Actually Is Civilization? 05:54 - Why Western Tradition Beats Western Civilization 08:59 - The Greek Miracle That Created Our World 12:39 - The Shocking Birth of Democracy 16:03 - Ad: AG1 17:37 - How Athens Turned Tyranny Into Power 22:32 - Inside Athens’ Radical Democracy 31:32 - Ostracism, Free Speech & Cancel Culture 2.0 34:06 - Ad: Shopify 36:03 - Why Athenian Democracy Was Doomed 42:59 - How 300 Spartans & Athenian Navy Saved the West 49:28 - Ad: Sheath 51:03 - Hubris, Sicily & Athens’ Brutal Fall 59:40 - The Harsh Lessons Athens Has for Us Today 01:02:34 - Britain’s Broken Democracy in 2026 01:07:17 - Why I Quit Cambridge 01:08:08 - Ad: Hims 01:09:32 - The Death of Meritocracy 01:20:33 - My Truth vs Reality — The Sophists Return 01:25:52 - The One Thing We’re Not Talking About 01:28:55 - Final Warning: Read or Perish 01:29:34 - What’s The One Thing We’re Not Talking About