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Flat White

In praise of ‘shame’

1 June 2023

10:40 AM

1 June 2023

10:40 AM

Does art imitate life or vice versa? This question has troubled some of the world’s greatest minds. Plato agreed with the former and Oscar Wilde with the latter. But these intellectual giants didn’t have to endure the humiliation of living in a progressive 21st century clown world. As the culture war evolves, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction.

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