- Jul 10, 2003
- 27,941
Genuinely, I don’t know about that.
In the 70’s we really were sh1t. It probably passed everyone here by at the time, because kids/teens/20’s were having a good time being young.
Very different scenarios. The last 25 years has been notable for greed, wealth built on just owning a decent home in southern England, BTL’s, holiday homes in Spain/France/West Country, and the ever growing numbers (10m’s) of have-nots.
The last few weeks have seen the beginnings of rebalancing.
The next step …. far closer trading, scientific, r&d ties with the EU.
Obviously, we're all grown ups so i'm not going to insult anybody by putting up graphs but we all know that wealth inequality is increasing hugely year on year and has been for the last couple of decades. You either have to believe that is justifiable and try to capture the people who have suffered from it, with simple slogans or it is not, and if not, where should it be regulated. And how should that regulation be defined ?
I appreciate that for both yourself and myself this isn't quite as intense as it may be for some others, and wouldn't suffer as much and consequently not be so susceptible to simple grifters but it's an interesting question
Last edited: