A lot of his points are echoes of what the economist Mark Blyth uses to point out the lack of narratives in politics of today. While it is true that people do r

A lot of his points are echoes of what the economist Mark Blyth uses to point out the lack of narratives in politics of today. While it is true that people do respond to narratives, it's questionable how far that goes. Both brexiters and Trump offered narratives (of some vision of britain and an american economic rennaissance) , and it did work. Yet the majorities were feeble, not overwhelming (especially considering the lack of narrative on the other sides). Even trump could not motivate the US today to go on another space race like in the 60s. It is thus possible that democracies have transformed away from the collectivist spirit irrevocably. Indivudualism has been on the rise since forever, and (apart from an alien invasion) there doesnt seem to be any major forces countering it. Today's collectivist politics are either identitarian (the easy solution / instead of endless politics, vote by color) or mildly globalist, like climate change politics. While both have fierce supporters and detractors, the main mass of voters says "meh" to both. Then again, even the mega monolith called China will not be able to control its well-trained citizenry when the hypergrowth stops. Despite remarkable progress and optimism, the chinese don't seem to be going for "space races", instead those megaprojects appear to be more driven by personal ambition of their leader. Maybe bowling alone is the future of politics, more personalized, individualized and decentralized societies. The republics of large narratives may already belong to history and maybe we should stop expecting the "return of religions".