As much as I think the guardian has turned into a bit of a left wing clickbait website, in this they have a point.
Large inequalities and unemployment in the past has always lead to social upheaval. It takes a while for us plebs to realise the strength in numbers that we have.
The problem is that the forms of communication are being blurred by non neutral news publishers.
It won’t be the people on Reddit or other social media that would cause a change it’s gonna be something more sinister. We saw last year the poor nearly starve a d freeze to death and nothing really happened.
The problem is the standard person doesn’t like uncertainty and revolutions rarely end up better for the population.
We need a labour government that’s actually made up of normal people, not the people that went to the same school as the Torries.
Pfft …. pitchforks and torches are already too expensive
They’ve already won!!
Oh, so we’re expecting the extremely wealthy to address inequality?
By pitchforks and torches they mean strongly worded letters to local MPs and general tutting.
Doubtful.
Most in this country at least just tut and go along with it.
I’m sure they’ll be really worried, what with their guards with automatic rifles, and the police response to a report of ‘invaders’ by anyone who falls into the category of ‘super-rich’
And if they all leave, fine, they pay minimal tax, they don’t have to live here to invest here.
In general, hoarding is the real problem. We refer to someone as having a mental illness if they accumulate useless items. Why can’t we say the same about keeping money in one place?
Yeah right. If an actual grass roots protest (Not some Soros funded charade filled with dorks rebelling in *favour* of the establishment) breaks out then I’ll be amazed. People are too docile.
I struggle to see either happening. The super-rich are never going to tackle inequality, they have never one so throughout history, they also know they can just hide in their bunkers and send in hired mercenaries to crush dissent. Meanwhile, the average person could rise up but it will not be a sustained resistance and it will fizzle out within a week, only for things to return to as they were. Again, history is littered with examples of this. I would happily support pitchforks and torches but what happens once inequality is reduced in the short term? We would need a team of experts and just individuals to lead society and that seems unlikely to happen.
When the completely destitute had better spending power during the depression than those in relative poverty today, it’s really not up to the rich, let’s be honest.
The “mansions aren’t that comfortable when they’re on fire” means absolutely nothing in a day and age of readily accessible private aircraft.
In a hundred years, everyone currently concerned will be well and truly equal.
The last thing anyone (barring a few peculiar sorts who mistake an aesthetic for a value) wants is equality.
What they *do* want is to get the most out of their economic system, and they are, more-or-less, aware that they aren’t getting it.
Cast in this light, the drive to make potential such conversations pivot instead around the notion of equality becomes more peculiar still.
They already have PMC’s. We’re gonna need a bigger pitchfork…
I saw a very popular reel on Instagram comparing the Met Gala to the Capitol in the Hunger Games recently
This is obviously from my personal social bubble, but it does feel like there’s a growing discontent with the wealthy. There’s always been a slight underlying scorn, but it’s starting to feel like something more tangible.
Not surprising when you hammer the common folk with crisis after crisis and push responsibility for climate change onto them, and then make them watch the mega rich jet around in private jets without a care in the world – apart from when they’re being “brave” and posting a video of themselves crying on social media, of course.
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As much as I think the guardian has turned into a bit of a left wing clickbait website, in this they have a point.
Large inequalities and unemployment in the past has always lead to social upheaval. It takes a while for us plebs to realise the strength in numbers that we have.
The problem is that the forms of communication are being blurred by non neutral news publishers.
It won’t be the people on Reddit or other social media that would cause a change it’s gonna be something more sinister. We saw last year the poor nearly starve a d freeze to death and nothing really happened.
The problem is the standard person doesn’t like uncertainty and revolutions rarely end up better for the population.
We need a labour government that’s actually made up of normal people, not the people that went to the same school as the Torries.
Pfft …. pitchforks and torches are already too expensive
They’ve already won!!
Oh, so we’re expecting the extremely wealthy to address inequality?
By pitchforks and torches they mean strongly worded letters to local MPs and general tutting.
Doubtful.
Most in this country at least just tut and go along with it.
I’m sure they’ll be really worried, what with their guards with automatic rifles, and the police response to a report of ‘invaders’ by anyone who falls into the category of ‘super-rich’
And if they all leave, fine, they pay minimal tax, they don’t have to live here to invest here.
In general, hoarding is the real problem. We refer to someone as having a mental illness if they accumulate useless items. Why can’t we say the same about keeping money in one place?
Yeah right. If an actual grass roots protest (Not some Soros funded charade filled with dorks rebelling in *favour* of the establishment) breaks out then I’ll be amazed. People are too docile.
I struggle to see either happening. The super-rich are never going to tackle inequality, they have never one so throughout history, they also know they can just hide in their bunkers and send in hired mercenaries to crush dissent. Meanwhile, the average person could rise up but it will not be a sustained resistance and it will fizzle out within a week, only for things to return to as they were. Again, history is littered with examples of this. I would happily support pitchforks and torches but what happens once inequality is reduced in the short term? We would need a team of experts and just individuals to lead society and that seems unlikely to happen.
When the completely destitute had better spending power during the depression than those in relative poverty today, it’s really not up to the rich, let’s be honest.
The “mansions aren’t that comfortable when they’re on fire” means absolutely nothing in a day and age of readily accessible private aircraft.
In a hundred years, everyone currently concerned will be well and truly equal.
The last thing anyone (barring a few peculiar sorts who mistake an aesthetic for a value) wants is equality.
What they *do* want is to get the most out of their economic system, and they are, more-or-less, aware that they aren’t getting it.
Cast in this light, the drive to make potential such conversations pivot instead around the notion of equality becomes more peculiar still.
They already have PMC’s. We’re gonna need a bigger pitchfork…
I saw a very popular reel on Instagram comparing the Met Gala to the Capitol in the Hunger Games recently
This is obviously from my personal social bubble, but it does feel like there’s a growing discontent with the wealthy. There’s always been a slight underlying scorn, but it’s starting to feel like something more tangible.
Not surprising when you hammer the common folk with crisis after crisis and push responsibility for climate change onto them, and then make them watch the mega rich jet around in private jets without a care in the world – apart from when they’re being “brave” and posting a video of themselves crying on social media, of course.