Myth Making

Quote of the day from John Waters in The Irish Times:

Led by incompetents, technocrats and middle managers, browbeaten by technical mumbo jumbo, tied to a pointless utilitarianism and “going forward” to an unfocused-upon destination that we sense is closer to nowhere than somewhere, we insist all the more loudly on the success of our “progress” project.

We need a new myth (or myths). Or to resurrect the old ones...