They arrive at the last possible moment. At a time when our fundamental values seem to be shaking at their very foundations. But what values are these, exactly? Who is speaking about them? And why? Hovering between stand-up comedy and dead talk, two unreliable storytellers guide you beneath the smooth surface of political rhetoric – to the moment when the language of values degenerates into an identitarian chant.

What team are you playing for?
Which flag are you waving?
What reliably sets you off?
We all long for recognition. Every group, every tribe wants to be seen – and demands to be seen the way it sees itself.
In polarized societies, one side is always trying to save democracy from the other.
And when the inclusion of some becomes the exclusion of others… isn’t that the very moment
when democracy ends?