The modern ruling class tend to be absolutely certain about a great many silly things – because they are silly people with no experience of the real world. They are a class whose entire world has been limited to the ivory towers of academe and the halls of power.

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Punk rock philosopher. Liberalist contrarian. Grumpy old bastard. I grew up in a generational-Labor-voting family. I kept the faith long after the political left had abandoned it. In the last decade...