I got the impression the interviewer was a little flustered bc Russel was debauching his lax world view and faith in the current paradigm.
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Well when your livelihood as a commentator depends on the current system, a challenge to the very meaning and/or futility of it is either going to come across as very worrying or absurd. To quote Upson Sinclair: "[i]It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.[/i]"