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From a friend
"People don't understand the ruinous nature of nationalism and yet we had 75 million die for it only 80 years ago. People have no concept of or care for history, nor do the vast majority care about "the other" - their fellow man
"People don't understand the ruinous nature of nationalism and yet we had 75 million die for it only 80 years ago. People have no concept of or care for history, nor do the vast majority care about "the other" - their fellow man
As I've said a few times, only until the ramifications of Brexit have truly harmful consequences - meaning uncontestable unemployment figures or economic contractions and deep recession that can't be attributable to the pandemic, we are deeply in the shit with this.
Just like with Trump, the Tories have resuscitated themselves off the back of a leader most of them probably can't abide - & yet he engages with the (nationalist) proletariat and grants them (perceived) landslides of power. I'm guessing many within Labour felt similarly about TB.
I'm far more Blairite than Corbynite but I can appreciate there must some gritted teeth for the sake of maintaining power. I know why Starmer is getting the flags out. There's theory behind it. Necessity perhaps.
Farage unearthed something revolting in this country
Farage unearthed something revolting in this country
that a lid had been kept on for some years. Being in the EU helped keep that lid on. Trump, Farage and Johnson simply dragged it off and let all the steaming water boil over. Classic right wing nihilism leads to disorder leads to lurching to the right in a variety of ways.
The glimmer of hope was the US going for Biden. But that took something like 350k deaths at the time. As horrendous as that it is to say.
I'm not sure what it will take here. A UK economy falling off a cliff is probably is.
I'm not sure what it will take here. A UK economy falling off a cliff is probably is.
Nothing else seems to want to shake the UK off its present course. Not even 120k + avoidable deaths"
