Your comment makes me think of this essay by Branko Milanovic Particularly this line: Xi sees the break-up of the Soviet Union and the end of the CPSU as the r

Your comment makes me think of this essay by Branko Milanovic Particularly this line: Xi sees the break-up of the Soviet Union and the end of the CPSU as the result of “ideological nihilism”: the ruling strata have ceased to believe in the advantages and the value of the system, but lacked any other ideological coordinates within which to situate their thinking. https://braveneweurope.com/branko-milanovic-the-rule-of-nihilists https://braveneweurope.com/branko-milanovic-the-rule-of-nihi... My personal term to describe the players in Britain's politics is functional incompetence. Which is while they are adept at gaining and holding on to office, they are hapless at performing the actual duties of those offices.