The words that define our age reek of menace: conspiracy, polarization, mass shootings, trauma, safe spaces. We’re enmeshed in some sort of emotional, relational, and spiritual crisis, and it undergirds our political dysfunction and the general crisis of our democracy. These words by David Brooks are very appropriate reading for today, Accession Day. Brooks is, of course, referring to the United States: the article is entitled ' How America Got Mean '. For those of us in the realms of King Charles III, however, his words will also resonate. "The words that define our age reek of menace". While a report by the think-tank British Future and the pressure group Labour Together has stated that "we do not have culture wars in Britain", it accepted that "we do have culture clashes ... To those who live here, Britain feels more divided than it should be". Some of us might think that this is rather too optimistic. 'Culture clashes' in the UK have...
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