We’re living through the collapse of an order that once claimed to be the end of history.

Global liberalism — the system that promised prosperity, openness, and permanent progress — is no longer governing societies. It’s managing decline.

In his manifesto, Pilkington argues that liberalism didn’t fail because it was betrayed, but because it succeeded too completely. It shed its limits, abandoned politics for technocracy, and replaced democratic consent with moral administration. Markets inflated while real economies hollowed out. Elites detached. Dissent was moralized, not answered.

What remains is a system that is simultaneously more coercive and less legitimate — unable to reform, yet desperate to persist.

This isn’t a prediction of revolution. It’s a diagnosis of fragmentation, paralysis, and the slow return of history.

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In this thought-provoking episode, the Manifesto Podcast welcomes Brazilian thinker Guilherme Freire, who takes us on a journey from the medieval Reconquista to modern São Paulo. Along the way, he challenges liberal myths of victimhood, makes the case for monarchy and spiritual renewal, and explains why Brazil might just hold the key to Europe’s future.

Expect history, theology, politics, and philosophy — with detours through Tolkien, Chesterton, and even the challenges of raising a large family in today’s world.

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