3 September

The real enemies of society now aren’t the ’Left’ or ‘Right’ of politics. Those are interchangeable pieces of the same game, like soccer teams. At the end of the day they’re both playing soccer, just running to different ends, switched periodically in the ‘half-time’ of elections. The real enemy of societies is hostility towards towards all forms of expertise. Expertise is deliberately labelled ‘elitist’, to allow populists to bypass peoples’ trust in expert knowledge. Imagine a Block-type show where actual building experts got to criticise and tear down rubbish DIY renos. That’s like the reverse of our current culture. Restoring faith in expertise is our only hope.