Opinion: Our Elites Are on Autopilot and I Think I Know Why
by Aaron Bastani
Despite two lost decades, an indifferent political and media elite still offers nothing but inertia. Aaron Bastani went to an M&S cafe and discovered why.
Tag: demographics
The Bastani Factor: The 21st Century Crisis Nobody Talks About: Demographic Ageing
Humanity is getting older. But while the old outnumbering the young is one of the supreme achievements of our species, it comes with major challenges. Aaron Bastani on a crisis set to re-define societies around the world which, for the 21st century at least, is every bit as disruptive as climate change.
Long Read: The West is Dying – of Narcissism
by Arun Kundnani
Conservatives often frame demographic change as western cultures 'committing suicide'. The left must challenge this, writes Arun Kundnani, because as individuals and as peoples, we can only grow through our encounters with others; in pursuing a purification of the west, conservatives foster the very cultural death they claim to fear.
Opinion: Of Course the Right Fears Demographic Change – It’s Going to Deliver a Progressive Majority
by Ash Sarkar
The ruling coalition of white property owners is ageing out of the electorate. A progressive majority, made up of young tenants and communities of colour, is set to replace it.
Of Course the Right Value Old People’s Lives Less – Our Ageing Population Is a Problem for Capitalism
by Aaron Bastani
As the coronavirus pandemic escalates, the lives of elderly people are increasingly portrayed as less worth saving. Given the immense problem demographic ageing presents to market capitalism, this is as unsurprising as it is unsettling, writes Aaron Bastani.
IMOBastani: Much of the British public is like your pissed-up racist uncle
New polling on the re-introduction of national service shows that much of the British public, in general, is like your pissed-up racist uncle. But things are changing, what do these demographic shifts mean in UK?
12 Books White People Should Read in Preparation for Becoming a Minority in Britain
by Adam Elliott-Cooper & Ashok Kumar
Recent research suggesting that by 2066 white people will be an ethnic minority in Britain has caused a storm in the right-wing press. Here's a short reading list to help the white-dominated left prepare to fight capitalism from their new societal position.