the capitulation of educated men

In his introduction to Girl, 20 by Kingsley Amis, Howard Jacobson writes that the character of Sir Roy Vandervane is conjured out of the nightmare that "after the capitulation of educated men to the child-speak of the 60s, we will never inhabit a serious culture again."

While probably only very few people see this as a nightmare, this does seem like an accurate  and concise capture of how we live now here in this England.