
Patrick Hiebert | The Cost of Staying Put
"It's 30 hectares that we've reserved for building our own city this time. So we're working with the Tipolis architecture guys and saying, okay, let's design a European town in this one."
Freedom has practical consequences for property, responsibility and the limits of political power. Conversations with Knut Svanholm, Jeremy Kauffman and Trey Goff test these ideas against democracy, state institutions and the choices available to individuals.

"It's 30 hectares that we've reserved for building our own city this time. So we're working with the Tipolis architecture guys and saying, okay, let's design a European town in this one."

“You know, to just say no. It’s the most important word in the English language.”

"It's good to have a norm against racism, but when you go to a taboo, that's a very black and white thing. There's no nuance, there's no grey zones, and all of a sudden this is a powerful piece of kryptonite that somebody can weaponise."

"The minute you don't agree with something they do, they'll come for you too. Don't for one minute think that you're safe. So why are you supporting this? Because it could happen to any one of you."

"Every country is run poorly, in my opinion. I don't think any country is run very well. Even Singapore is not run very well. They're too restrictive there."

“When Starmer came in in 2024, how many people across the entire British state changed jobs? Two hundred... One hundred ministers… and one hundred special advisors… And that’s it. And everybody else in that deep state stayed exactly the same.”

"You can vote your way into socialism, but you can only shoot your way out. They're never going to leave power."

“The struggle ultimately is not political. The struggle ultimately is philosophical.”

“There is only one freedom. The freedom to leave.”

"We know the formula for prosperity. "

"It’s not about the way you make decisions, it’s about consent. "

"We are starting to see symptoms of civilisational decline. "

"Shall we lock everyone down and then cripple supply chains, then pump as much money into the system as we can possibly get away with? "

"We're going down the wrong path ."

"The hardest pill to swallow is that democracy is socialsim ."

"We're in a 'shock and awe' situation in history, and a lot of people just do not know how to react to it. So what do they do? They just stay despondent and silent."

"We now have half a million civil servants in the United Kingdom. We used to run the entire empire on forty thousand. "

"You don't need to be ashamed for living and acting freely. This is just how it's supposed to be. "

"This is the hill that I'm happily going to die on, because I didn't start my life with two suitcases and two hundred dollars in my pocket for my American-born children to end up living in the same disaster that I had to run away from."

"You can only be as free as you are authentic to yourself ."

"I'm for all the liberties. If you're only for one liberty... If you're only involved in one thing and you have one passion then maybe find a different place . But if you're for all of it. If you want to live and let live, then this is your spot."