He doesn't seem to be aware that his rather stupid false equivalencies to contemporary migration movements devalue his work as a whole, put his intellectual integrity as such in question. Making unqualified comments on contemporary politics seems to be a common occupational disease among historians though. If you want to ruin a country (and have no Donald or Bernie at hand), put a successful historian in charge. They have dozens of ready-to-implement solutions for every societal problem you can imagine. And none of them works as intended.
He doesn't seem to be aware that his rather stupid false equivalencies to contemporary migration movements devalue his work as a whole, put his intellectual integrity as such in question. Making unqualified comments on contemporary politics seems to be a common occupational disease among historians though. If you want to ruin a country (and have no Donald or Bernie at hand), put a successful historian in charge. They have dozens of ready-to-implement solutions for every societal problem you can imagine. And none of them works as intended.
He doesn't seem to be aware that his rather stupid false equivalencies to contemporary migration movements devalue his work as a whole, put his intellectual integrity as such in question. Making unqualified comments on contemporary politics seems to be a common occupational disease among historians though. If you want to ruin a country (and have no Donald or Bernie at hand), put a successful historian in charge. They have dozens of ready-to-implement solutions for every societal problem you can imagine. And none of them works as intended.