It is certainly never appropriate, in any social context, to tar all protagonists with the same brush, and I do not. However, the burden of social malady at the macro level does weigh heavier on some societies than others. The UK has its fair share to be sure. But the toxicity of sociality in the United States has morphed, in very short order, from chronic to acute morbidity.

The Americanisation of UK popular culture has proved a pervasive and permanent UK import, but a pathology of politicalisation is poisoning the population across the pond. We surely don’t want that over here. Do we?