Finished reading: The Revolt of the Masses by José Ortega y Gasset 📚

A series of essays published in 1929 that shows just how much we have been spinning in circles since the spasm of WW2. A reactionary right that wants all of the privileges of a liberal democracy without any of its obligations. A revolutionary left which uses its disgust for the current state of things as an excuse not to get involved in the messy business of fixing them. A middle free for ideals, morals, or goals.

It makes for fine reading, if you ignore the European imperialism and unabashed racism of the author who would, I am sure, be horrified to learn that his worst fears about the faith of Europe have been realized.