Ireland, before the end: A psychically numb and partially alienated kayfabe state, accepting of biopolitical commodification and predation upon sections of its population

This article outlines some of my experiences of growing up in Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s. It then goes on to discuss what I see are the main changes that Ireland experienced since then. The article argues that by the 2020s Ireland had become a kayfabe state, accepting of biopolitical commodification and indifferent to predation upon segments its population.