Скачать или смотреть The Fall of USA's Empire

Rome didn’t fall overnight. It rotted in public first. We currently live in a similar age, with billionaires dodging their taxes, politicians performing instead of governing, and media empires turning outrage into revenue.

This isn’t a hidden breakdown. It’s public, sponsored, and algorithmically boosted. Our problem isn’t a lack of wealth, talent, or ideas. It’s a lack of moral seriousness, especially among elites.

And unless we’re willing to say that out loud – clearly, without euphemism, we’ll stay distracted while the rot continues, one livestream at a time.

(From the opening of my first BBC Reith Lecture, watch the whole lecture here:    • Are we living through the fall of civilisa...  )