# How the State Became the Enemy of the English People | Carl Benjamin

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Podcast: [John Anderson: Conversations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-anderson-conversations-66200)
Published: 2026-05-29T06:37:22+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dual-citizens30/episodes/How-the-State-Became-the-Enemy-of-the-English-People--Carl-Benjamin-e3k23ei
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In this interview, podcaster and political commentator Carl Benjamin joins John to explore the accelerating collapse of English identity and the political crisis that has followed.Carl argues that Britain has sleepwalked into a civilisational emergency: mass immigration without a vote, a bureaucratic state that has outgrown democratic accountability, and a native population that has been deliberately disconnected from the culture and heritage it was supposed to carry forward. Carl Benjamin is one of Britain's most followed independent commentators. Widely known online as Sargon of Akkad, Benjamin is the director of the conservative political podcast, Lotus Eaters . He is known for his outspoken criticism of modern feminism, identity politics, Islam, and political correctness.

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