[There's] a culture clash that's happening all over the world between bewigged and bestockinged officials who think that they can rule over us, [and] a public who is no longer content with that arrangement.

Brooke frames a global political tension as a “culture clash” between entrenched, ceremonial authority and an increasingly assertive public. The imagery of “bewigged and bestockinged officials” evokes old institutions—courts, parliaments, and bureaucracies—whose legitimacy has long rested on tradition, deference, and opacity. Against this stands a citizenry empowered by modern expectations of transparency and accountability, less willing to accept rule by inherited status or closed procedures. The quote suggests that the conflict is not merely about particular policies but about governance itself: who gets to decide, on what grounds, and under what scrutiny. It also implies a democratizing shift driven by information access and public oversight.