The distribution of income and wealth favours the rich far more than the old.
Read More »The world ended in 1999
What we are observing is the decay of democracy into its evil twin… technocracy.
Read More »Who will be our Mussolini?
In the UK a change of government has proved to be no change in government at all
Read More »Neo-iconoclasm
There is a more disturbing historical parallel... not Germany in the 1930s, but Britain in the 1630s.
Read More »But what is mad?
Dismissing Hitler as mad serves only to let him off the hook.
Read More »Why did Hitler go to Stalingrad?
With the west overwhelmed by Star Wars syndrome, it is impossible to avoid people who compare the latest thing to the failed Austrian painter.
Read More »The branch may break
Simply saying “it couldn’t happen here,” is the worse form of denial at this point.
Read More »The mentality of 1915
But one thing above all stood in the way of peace… what we today refer to as the psychology of previous investment.
Read More »Basket loads of hubris
In the modern world, hubris might be equated with our belief in the religion of progress
Read More »Accelerating trends 2025
Even if Britain’s households managed to find some cheer over Christmas, for most, 2025 will be welcomed with trepidation.
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