It's a failure of understanding. Where did it come from? The devil? Where did this strange sort of diabolical combination of demagoguery and mass stupidity suddenly emerge from? Anyone who thinks Britishy Sunak is going to be able to stabilize the boat of the UK economy is completely delusional, he says. What will probably happen, we're looking at it from now, from today, October the 25th, 2022 is probably a Labour government,. I would say at this point, maybe earlier than January 2025, which is the last minute - but not convinced that the internal cannibalism of the Conservative Party will permit Rishi to even last that long.
Freddie Sayers meets philosopher John Gray.
John Gray was the prophet of the postliberal age, describing global capitalism as a false utopia as early as 1998. In his most recent writing, he has returned to geopolitics, and has described the populist moment, the pandemic, and the growing threat of superpower conflict as existential threats to the liberal, technocratic order.
Amid this chaos, Rishi Sunak — former Goldman Sachs banker — has become Britain’s new prime minister. Has the technocratic order of the 2010s returned? Or has the modern world moved beyond its reach?
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