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Britain's 'Mr. Bean authoritarianism'
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Britain's 'Mr. Bean authoritarianism'

Can young men be deradicalised by a purple-haired cartoon character? Probably not

I was back on Louise Perry’s podcast this week talking about Mr Bean Britain. In her Wall St Journal column, Louise called the prevailing character of the British state ‘“Mr. Bean Authoritarianism,” after the comic character played by Rowan Atkinson, one of Britain’s most successful comedy exports. Mr. Bean is childish and incompetent. He constantly get…

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