Sublime

When privatisation came together with deregulation (epitomised by Thatcher’s sweeping overnight deregulation of financial markets in the ‘Big Bang’ of 1986), the very idea of the state was remade to fit the Consumer Story. What could be provided for consumers by businesses would be, with government getting out of the way as much as possible. From i

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reports. That was what I considered

Outre quelques amis russes, je connais à Moscou un autre petit cercle, composé d’expatriés français, journalistes ou hommes d’affaires, et quand je leur racontais, le soir, mes visites de la journée, ils souriaient avec un peu de commisération : ces vertueux démocrates dont je leur parlais, ces militants des droits de l’homme, c’étaient bien sûr de

This is to my mind the essence of right-wing thought: a political ontology that through such subtle means allows violence to define the very parameters of social existence and common sense.