One definition of decadence is the concentration on the gratifyingly imaginary to the disregard of the disconcertingly real. No one who knows Britain could doubt that it has very serious problems-economic, social, and cultural. Government concerns itself with what people think, feel, and say-as well as with trying to change their freely chosen habits-rather than with performing its one inescapable duty: that of preserving the peace and ensuring that citizens may go about their lawful business in confidence and safety.
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