Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: Janan Ganesh (FT) thinks Britain is not in crisis, but rather has a malaise: 'Britain ...
Janan Ganesh (FT) thinks Britain is not in crisis, but rather has a malaise:
'Britain is stagnant precisely because its doing alright-ish... things would need to get worse to get better'!
He cites a range of (mostly middle-class) attributes of British society that remain comfortable or at least tolerable.
For a large(ish) group of the population this is likely right... but, for a growing minority life *is* in crisis;
The Q. is how wide crisis needs to be for radical change to gain support?
'Britain is stagnant precisely because its doing alright-ish... things would need to get worse to get better'!
He cites a range of (mostly middle-class) attributes of British society that remain comfortable or at least tolerable.
For a large(ish) group of the population this is likely right... but, for a growing minority life *is* in crisis;
The Q. is how wide crisis needs to be for radical change to gain support?