Society and Power

Power rarely introduces itself honestly. It arrives as efficiency, tradition, security, growth or a very expensive concern for ordinary people. These articles follow the incentives through politics, work, inequality, institutions and public life. The jokes are dry, but the evidence is not optional. Start with the newest sense check and work backwards until the slogan begins to resemble a decision made by somebody.

  • Crown dreams in a republic

    Crown dreams in a republic

    Dictator talk sold as a joke. A republic is not a court. Watch rules, budgets and courts. Toss the crown cosplay. Keep the checks,…

  • Freedom sold, freedom shrunk

    Freedom sold, freedom shrunk

    Sold as freedom, delivered as paperwork and smaller lives. A modern hermit’s roast on Brexit’s real costs.

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