How measurement became a battle in the culture wars.
Metric units have conquered the globe, but in the US and the UK, their presence has become part of a culture war between ‘traditional’ and ‘progressive’ values.Casing the joint is an essential part of any heist movie.
“When I came to look closely at it,” he told me later, “the more it appeared to me that the European project was a deliberate attempt to reverse what happened at Babel. To say that the idea of the nation-state is redundant and that what we need to build is a strong international organization, perhaps even a one-world government.”
The case of the Metric Martyrs in 2001 triggered protests and a media scrum. Years later, the event has been recognized as a rallying point for anti-EU protests in the UK and the start of a political movement that would end in Brexit in 2016.As Tony explains to me in Thaxted, metrication became the perfect wedge issue, one that UKIP knew would attract people to their cause. The case was simple, easy to relate to, and succinctly captured fears about EU overreach.
As we approach our target, Tony places his rickety, paint-spattered stepladder in front of the green and gold signpost. It wobbles perilously on the paving stones, but Tony is confident. In just a few seconds, he’s laid out the new imperial signs, squirted glue onto their backs, and ascended to press them firmly onto the signpost’s fingers.
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