We’ve been running a large structural deficit for decades, the idea the problems started in 2010 is naive.
Thatcher and Reagan kicked off the destruction of society brilliantly
‘It wasn’t necessary, it was a political choice’
David Cameron is worth £50 million
Nick Clegg is worth £25million
“Tighten our belts” he said and THANKED the British people for food banks. I fucking detest these bastards
The tipping point was when Gordon Brown was caught on mic calling that bigoted woman a bigoted woman and then lost the election.
There’s also an alternative timeline where Farage didn’t survive that plane crash.
It goes back to Reagan selling Thatcher on neolberalism.
Brown’s response to the financial crisis was as problematic as the half-hearted coalition agenda. But neither of them are responsible for decline. The 90s are the latest that you can date it to.
Austerity happens all the time. It happened in the past, it happened in 2010 and it’s happening now. The media jumped on the word ‘austerity’, now governments use a different one.
Gordon Brown making Blair stand down and the public being fine with it because of Iraq
The more I think about it, the more I genuinely believe that at no point in the entirety of human history has it ever been a good time to be alive.
2008 was the tipping point, but living on tick since the 90s was the start of the slope
The point where nixon took america off the gold standard, forcing everyone whos currency was tied to the dollar into a fiat monetary system.
The fiat monetary system isnt the problem. The fact that those in power either dont understand it, or do understand it and use it to their own financial gain is the problem.
Thatcher made it worse when she said “there is no government money, there is only taxpayers money” – solidifying the view that taxes are required in order for the government to spend.
The monetary system works almost exactly the opposite of how most people think it does. We pay taxes because the government needs us to need their money – their token, that they alone have the power to create. Their token that they can then spend in order to utilise resources hopefully to the betterment of the country.
Every social ill in this day and age comes down to the question of “how are you going to pay to fix it??”
When you understand how a fiat monetary system works, the answer becomes blindingly obvious. Nixon taking the US off of gold in 1971 was the start of the problem. Politicians ever since have been unable or unwilling to change peoples perception of it. After all, if the system as it is helps you get richer, and describing it to the public loses you votes (the public tend to not like their world view being challenged), then why would you?
13 comments
Brexit was another catalyst.
We’ve been running a large structural deficit for decades, the idea the problems started in 2010 is naive.
Thatcher and Reagan kicked off the destruction of society brilliantly
‘It wasn’t necessary, it was a political choice’
David Cameron is worth £50 million
Nick Clegg is worth £25million
“Tighten our belts” he said and THANKED the British people for food banks. I fucking detest these bastards
The tipping point was when Gordon Brown was caught on mic calling that bigoted woman a bigoted woman and then lost the election.
There’s also an alternative timeline where Farage didn’t survive that plane crash.
It goes back to Reagan selling Thatcher on neolberalism.
Brown’s response to the financial crisis was as problematic as the half-hearted coalition agenda. But neither of them are responsible for decline. The 90s are the latest that you can date it to.
Austerity happens all the time. It happened in the past, it happened in 2010 and it’s happening now. The media jumped on the word ‘austerity’, now governments use a different one.
Gordon Brown making Blair stand down and the public being fine with it because of Iraq
The more I think about it, the more I genuinely believe that at no point in the entirety of human history has it ever been a good time to be alive.
2008 was the tipping point, but living on tick since the 90s was the start of the slope
The point where nixon took america off the gold standard, forcing everyone whos currency was tied to the dollar into a fiat monetary system.
The fiat monetary system isnt the problem. The fact that those in power either dont understand it, or do understand it and use it to their own financial gain is the problem.
Thatcher made it worse when she said “there is no government money, there is only taxpayers money” – solidifying the view that taxes are required in order for the government to spend.
The monetary system works almost exactly the opposite of how most people think it does. We pay taxes because the government needs us to need their money – their token, that they alone have the power to create. Their token that they can then spend in order to utilise resources hopefully to the betterment of the country.
Every social ill in this day and age comes down to the question of “how are you going to pay to fix it??”
When you understand how a fiat monetary system works, the answer becomes blindingly obvious. Nixon taking the US off of gold in 1971 was the start of the problem. Politicians ever since have been unable or unwilling to change peoples perception of it. After all, if the system as it is helps you get richer, and describing it to the public loses you votes (the public tend to not like their world view being challenged), then why would you?
Comments are closed.