Fergus Finlay: Dark force of intolerance is growing under the label of ‘culture wars’ 

The existential threat of climate change hangs over us, but we are also damaged by ugly old hatreds with a trendy new name

Abortion-rights activists protest during a rally in Washington, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

My generation has a lot to answer for. We’ve built a world full of contradictions; a world that has more poverty and more wealth, more abundance and more hunger, more beauty and more horror, more science and more ignorance, than any previous time in history.

Every generation before mine, in Ireland at least, was born and raised with more chances than the previous one. We could take advantage of a brighter future than our parents enjoyed. We should have repaid that gift by ensuring that our children and grandchildren grew into even better opportunities.