Under strAIn: breaking the British state

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Rosie Blore.

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  And I'm Jason Palmer.

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  Today on the show, should priests have to report child abuse disclosed in confession?

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  And the trials and tribulations of being a short man.

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  But first,

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  Around the world, billions of men live with a chronic genetic condition.

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  Most learn of their affliction only in adolescence.

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  Honestly, I didn't realize I was anything but average until high school.

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  Then they have to endure that debilitating disorder without any kind of treatment.

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  Hang on.

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  I'm 5'6".

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  Debilitating feels a bit strong.

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  There is still no cure for shortness.

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  There's nothing actually wrong with.

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  Unlike diseases such as tuberculosis or polio, men like this one simply have to live with their condition.

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  Tuberculosis?

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  Guys, I think we're blowing this out of proportion.

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  But in recent years, vertically challenged men and their allies

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