I only watched part of this lecture, and stopped when he characterized conservatives as diffident, “muddling along,” and uncertain. Maybe that’s true of the British Conservative Party, but it’s untrue about American conservatives. In fact, a defining trait of conservatives is their absolute belief in their own infallibility, to the point of needing no research, facts, or consideration of opposing points of view. Racism—an idiotic set of beliefs wholly contradicted by biology—is one example. Another illustration: McConnell’s assertion that no evidence will be allowed in the impeachmrnt hearing: he’s already made up his mind and facts are literally of no interest to him. He’s even willing to commit the felony of false swearing, taking an oath to be impartial after repeatedly announcing that he has no intent to honor that oath. Indeed, to conservatives, the “weakness” of progressives is that they acknowledge that they don’t know it all.

He failed to recognise that Russia was one of the "liberators" of Europe during WW2. And a very rose-tinted view of grammar schools, which varied enormously in quality of curriculum. He falsely claimed the capacity to learn lessons from the past as a "conservative" quality. In real life, when identifying a problem it is not always possible to instantaneously think of a solution. Thus it is perfectly valid to complain about injustice or shortcomings before you have the solutions to them. In my vie this character is playing the victim at the same time as stating (he thinks) conservatives do not want change. Lazy argument IMHO.

Kudos to @Jacar for posting this video on this site.

Capitalist Pyramid, turn of last century
DOH!
Begining of the twentith Century.