I agree, but I am not surprised. Today's writing about politics mostly seems much more convoluted, bloodless and meaningless. I don't think that the main reas

I agree, but I am not surprised. Today's writing about politics mostly seems much more convoluted, bloodless and meaningless. I don't think that the main reason for that is with the writer though. I think the reason is the "triumph of liberal democracy" or capitalism. We have invented a pretty robust sugar-coat for the interests of the powerful. Nowadays, we even call some of our exploitation schemes "eco-friendly".