As a phenomenon, the culture war is patently fascinating — a fair few of those articles are mine. But contemplating the chart I felt a certain exhaustion, even a creeping despair, at the prospect of more and more unproductive, bad-faith arguments about statues and trans rights and stately homes and the legacy of Empire with every passing year. When will the culture war end? To this I have two answers. The first: never. The second: sooner than you might think.
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