Excerpt: /212/ Three Articles: Middle-Class Anxieties
On net-zero, CCP nanny state, and optimised dating. We start off discussing the HBO series "The White Lotus" before tackling three articles on middle-class anxieties: climate change and pressures on UK living standards; the Chinese state's crackdown on private tutoring; and women's attempt to avoid crappy men through 'Female Dating Strategy'. The full episode is available to patrons only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast Articles: Boris Johnson’s push for net zero plunged into chaos, Edward Malnick & Emma Gatten, The Telegraph (attached in patreon) China’s nanny state: why Xi is cracking down on gaming and private tutors, Tom Mitchell & Thomas Hale, FT (attached in patreon) ‘Sales funnels’ and high-value men: the rise of strategic dating, Katie Cunningham, The Guardian