The tragedy of post-1960s Western civilisation

In this brief comment on his Twitter microblog James Ball sums up the tragedy of post-1960s Western civilisation - no-one knows what is moral and immoral anymore.

The abdication of leadership by the Establishment means that morality is now entirely relative and effectively meaningless.

Which leads you to the default position:  if it is not expressly forbidden in law you can do it (no matter how greedy or lazy or disgusting the behaviour).

The Establishment is still around of course, but it has become a mutual benefit organisation (a sort of Co-Op for the wealthy and privileged).  Members of the British Establishment no longer provide leadership for the institutions of society.  They are now exclusively concerned with looking after themselves (and their friends and their family).

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