One of the longest running debates on this side of the great divide is about how best to work through the thicket of taboos created and maintained by the ruling class.

Since so much of observable reality is now off limits, it is nearly impossible to contradict the prevailing orthodoxy and maintain a position in the public square. For example, there can be nothing interesting said about crime, because no one is allowed to discuss the demographic reality of crime. The facts themselves are taboo.