Society

With the west overwhelmed by Star Wars syndrome, it is impossible to avoid people who compare the latest thing to the failed Austrian painter.

Simply saying “it couldn’t happen here,” is the worse form of denial at this point.

But one thing above all stood in the way of peace… what we today refer to as the psychology of previous investment.

In the modern world, hubris might be equated with our belief in the religion of progress

Even if Britain’s households managed to find some cheer over Christmas, for most, 2025 will be welcomed with trepidation.

Within a democracy there is no coalition of “minorities” which can provide a path to victory.

Was it calculated evil or “just” stupidity? That is a question left hanging by the historians, and it is left to the reader to draw a conclusion…

Most people who are out of work with mental illness were previously in work with mental illness.

We have ended up with the least competent government possible to steer us through the decline of industrial civilisation

In an unravelling economy, one person’s tax increase must be another person’s price cut, and vice versa.