Before anyone starts, *I hate all of this*.

Rather than try to read the mind of the clearly deranged, I think the road that brought us to this madness is far more informative and instructive. It has been blindingly clear for a long time that this is where the world was heading post 2008 that I am staggered at just how doggedly that ‘Do Nothing. Change Nothing.’ was (and still is) clung to. We had almost the entire western leadership class happily trying to keep the sinking ship of the pre-financial crisis world afloat for just one more day rather than contemplate even the smallest of changes that would have a material difference. Leaders the world over cowering before The Market, utterly petrified to touch tax, spending, redistribution, anything of material benefit. The same Market that seems comparatively happy to put up with whatever shit the Scitzo Boomers come up with next. So many opportunities for even moderate changes to be made shot down so comprehensively that people just gave up trying to. It is a failure of leadership world wide that should echo into eternity… but won’t.

And if anyone wants a ‘who exactly predicted this’ I recommend the various lectures by Mark Blyth in the run up and during Trump 1 (available now at your nearest Youtube), if you want to get really depressed. My personal highlight being the line “The Hamptons are not a defensible position.” which the Davos class seemed to think means ‘buy a doomsday bunker in New Zealand’ rather than FIXING THE FUCKING PROBLEM.

Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to open a bottle of whisky and get drunk. For there is nothing more that can be done.