The Map Collector

I recently read an article quoting Dutch politician Thierry Baudet, founder of the Forum for Democracy party. His positions are quite controversial to most Europeans, and they include an Australian-style immigration policy, opposition to the EU, to climate change rhetoric, and generally being in favor of what people are calling “populism”. Those aren’t the bones I care to pick. The most interesting thing about him is that he is a tremendous fan of the classical arts, and prefers them strongly to anything the present era has to offer, whether that’s music, art, architecture, what-have-you. In terms of music, the only exception he’s willing to grant is The Beatles, which he calls satisfying in the way that fast food can occasionally be satisfying, but no substitute for a real meal.
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