"Friedrich Hayek once said that to complain about the workings of the market was like complaining about the weather. But at least the Met Office never colonised our souls."
Seems to be a lot of expressions like that in left wing journalism. "Colonised our souls." Like all of a sudden you're reading a Yeats poem.
In my experience you almost never see phrases like that being used, certainly not in news sections. In any case, this article is an opinion piece, on Comment Is Free, which is a free-for-all, and it's not written by a journalist, but by an aide to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
For those who don't know, the Archbishop of Canterbury is the leader of the Church of England, and the current incumbent, Justin Welby, used to a finance executive in the oil industry, and tends to be engaged with these sorts of issues.
Seems to be a lot of expressions like that in left wing journalism. "Colonised our souls." Like all of a sudden you're reading a Yeats poem.