IN THE 1999 MOVIE FIGHT CLUB, Edward Norton plays a bored white-collar everyman, desperately searching for purpose. His world doesn’t satisfy his primal needs. There’s no threat; only marketing and things to consume. All the battles have been won.
The film struck a chord with Generation X because it represented what many premillennials thought was on the cards: a world so void of struggle it’s beige.
Who, then, could have foreseen what the 21st century has delivered? Global economic depression, international terrorism and the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. Amid this apocalyptic backdrop the political right has risen like a multi-headed sea monster. From the orange cartoon shorthand of Donald Trump, to Le Pen’s France and UKIP-land, the world is a very scary place.