Conclusion

Abstract

After a brief summary of the contents of Chapters 1–3, this chapter links together a series of relatively discrete issues not covered in those chapters. It takes on the notion of bourgeois pessimism that may be seen to permeate the book, before moving to a discussion of what is known as the ‘dirtbag left’ in the United States. The chapter then considers how those writing about post-truth and related phenomena are progressively from countries which are deemed democratic, leaving the open question of how notions around the truth and untruth are relative. Finally, there are some closing comments about future directions that the author might pursue, in particular ones focusing on Spain and Catalonia.