Originally Posted by
The_Exile
This will be a bit of a rant, and not aimed at you mate as I agree with you. If you solve wealth inequality, you destroy most, if not every single social problem the country is dealing with in one go. Unfortunately, we don't have anyone doing this where it matters, Westminster. I think Gary Stevenson (ex Citibank banker and economist, youtube channel Garys Economics is a good watch for understanding what's going on) is our best bet but not sure he's up for running for political office. I honestly do not see a way through this for any of us as we seem unable/unwilling to mobilise, stand beside each other and change things, they've got us waging culture wars against one another rather than focussing on the flow of money, smoke and mirrors.
£700 billion printed during Covid, where is it? The government didn't get it back so where did it go? That's enough for every working age adult in the UK to be given nearly 20 grand. I'm not 20 grand better off since 2021, and I would be willing to place a sizeable bet that nobody reading this is either. It flowed to the super rich, the people we pay our mortgages to, the behemoths we buy our food from. It's no coincidence that gold is at all time high, it's no coincidence that house prices continued to rise and rise during a cost of living crisis, it's no coincedence that stocks and shares are at all time highs during a cost of living crisis. This is what the super rich buy, this is who are buying our relatives houses, we will all end up in absolute poverty when there's nothing left. Look at India, look at South Africa, look at Brazil, rich countries that have enormous wealth inequality, that's what we're heading towards. Read Charles Dickens, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, a few people are doing INCREDIBLY well, the problem is they all sit in a chamber every Wednesday and play politics with one another and achieve NOTHING. It's no wonder so many are on anti depressants and struggling as the world is hostile to us all right now. So many will never own the roof over their heads, so many will struggle to start a family, what is there to look forward to?
Scotland is ****ing depressing, every single country on Earth is ****ing depressing right now. I just want to make sure that we're all pissed off at the right people though. Stopping transgender women getting changed in specific locker rooms, and stopping a family from Somalia getting a boat across the channel won't put a roof over our ****ing heads, or put food on the table when there's nothing left.
