Lack of self-awareness and refusal to learn about the opposing side is a disease that can afflict anyone. The effect is, however, most pronounced among the establishment left: following Donald Trump’s 2016 victory in the United States presidential election, or our own Freedom Convoy of 2022, everyone in western politics wants to be on the “right side of history” and continue the fight against a long-passed threat. Admitting there is no crisis is hard if you staked your reputation heavily on there being one.