Fear and Privilege: The Timeless Playbook of the Elite

The elite’s scare tactics endure, convincing the public that what hurts them hurts us all.

2 July 1847¹

A General View of the City of London next to the Thames - RA Collection - Royal Academy of Arts

The parlour is stifling, its heavy velvet drapes drawn against the pale daylight creeping through the windows. The hearth blazes in defiance of the summer outside, casting flickering shadows over the room’s opulent inhabitants. Lord Frumbleton, perc…