Fucking Sunak man. That guy is almost a parody of an out of touch hyperwealthy wanker.
'I have friends who are aristocrats, I have friends who are upper class, I have friends who are working class. Well, not working class.'
What a prick.
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I know he's a Tory, and therefore a member of "the good party", but why is he so beloved? How did the UK become full of temporarily embarrassed millionaires too?
I think partially it was an admittedly masterful use of liberal 'we need more ethnically diverse billionaires' grift. Also coming after Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and the other one, it probably helps that he looks like he knows what he's doing.
Britain elects first female PM: horrible neoliberal ghoul.
Britain elects first PoC PM: horrible neolibetal ghoul.
At this point I'm expecting Britain to elect their first LGBT PM who'll end up putting minorities up on a dart board and throwing darts to pick who gets murdered in the name of tax credits for climate change mitigation.
Lack of diversity in the oppressing class was the main societal problem from the neoliberal perspective, and they now solved it. British society is now perfect.
The oligarchs don't care about diversity enough to admit anyone except white men into their ranks, but they do pretend to care enough to admit some PoC and women into their pet politician class.
pretty much
Is it possible for class interests to override other interests?! Nah, can't be
It's almost as if the working class across different nations have more in common with each other than with the upper classes of their own nation's.
"We provide a service to people, saving their lives"
"Aha! Now we are getting somewhere. We understand services, like prisons!"
"What n-"
"Can we take away all the basic human rights of patients and make them work as slave labour?"
"No that isn'-"
"Or maybe charge such an astronomical rate for necessary treatments that we own them for the rest of their lives. Let's do that one!"
Or maybe charge such an astronomical rate for necessary treatments that we own them for the rest of their lives. Let’s do that one!
Thus, the US healthcare system was born
Best part about this is I'm really not sure how close or far from reality it is. Like, this conversation may as well have happened as far as I know.
In the real life conversation the capitalist asked where they spent their money and the drug and medical device industries were born
The workers get their money, each according to their ability for the more difficult skills are compensated, and each according to their need, the minimum wage in the institution is one that one can live off of.
amazing how many people in the west can't see why this is the sanest way to run things