Douglas Murray Douglas Murray

Who put the toddlers in charge?

issue 16 March 2024

Regrettably, we must conclude that our culture is being dictated by two-year-olds. I do not literally mean children of two years of age, some of whom are among my favourite conversationalists. I mean people with the mental age of a two-year-old. That is, people who have never been told ‘no’ and have gone through their adult lives behaving as such.

These are people who have never been told ‘no’ and have gone through their adult lives behaving as such

The rot began with the green lunatics. I’m all for saving the environment. Most people are. But the moment vandalism became an acceptable way to persuade people of your cause was where things went wrong.

There wasn’t nearly enough concern three years back when a London jury refused to convict six vandals from Extinction Rebellion. These men and women had taken hammers to the glass frontage of the Shell HQ in London. They were filmed doing so.

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