<i>It&#x27;s frustrating, not a single critique I&#x27;ve seen of PG&#x27;s essay (including this one) seem to understand what he is actually saying.</i><p>It&#x27;s time to start considering that either PG made his point poorly, or that maybe you&#x27;re the one that didn&#x27;t understand it. I don&#x27;t know what other reasonable options there are.