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Civ V vibes, love it

Martin Lewis for a finance advisory appointment next please.

By the sound of it, you already know the answer to that.

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Twat is too nice a word for this malodorous leaky sack of fox shit.

What do Mark Knopfler and transphobic people have in common? They are both Dire Straits.

Agree with all of your points, the systems that have been put in place are to preserve the wealth of the wealthy and take power away from those that don't have access to wealth.

Capitalism has reached an end-game state. The rich under the status quo have won, and won't accept less than they already have. It requires infinite growth like cancer, and if this isn't stopped, most of society will continue to suffer more each year. People need to be shown to understand that we need a new model, that focuses on fulfilling basic societal needs over individualistic pursuits, and that this way of life can be better than what capitalism brings. Shorter work weeks - we only work the same number of hours to fuel infinite growth, eliminate jobs that serve no societal purpose, all corporate decisions are only driven by what is legal, and that the cost of being caught is low enough for them not to care. If that is legislated and enforced effectively (ideally in all developed countries), the people who hold capital will have nowhere to run.

Proportionate representation would be a first step towards regaining agency in the political process. People wouldn't be forced to vote for one or other of the two only parties that can win in this structure (Tory or Tory-lite), they could vote for parties that actually advocate for policies that help those with less, those in need, and those who have been ignored by the past Governments. Get them to pass progressive laws that constrain those with power and tie it to corporate responsibility for societal good (a liveable minimum wage, restrict what jobs can be offshored or at least make societal mitigations, tie board wages to a certain multiplier of the company, or a median), enforceable criminal sanctions for white collar offences like corruption, and punitive disincentives to taking advantage of positions of power.

All this is possible, but it requires motivated people to be in the right places at the right times to make the right decisions happen.

Millennials and Gen Z have pretty good heads on their shoulders. In this election you can see the Tories sweating because the FPTP system is being weaponised against them to plan a wipe-out on polling day - well-deserved hubris. I have hope that the generations that have received nothing from consecutive self-serving Governments will make concerted efforts to change the system. Unions were unanimous in telling Labour they wanted PR. Next election, maybe that will make it into their manifesto.

It's hard to be optimistic because thing have been getting worse for so long, but this decline is also not sustainable. If the change won't come peacefully, it is inevitable that non-peaceful interventions will follow. They know that, and they know what the ultimate consequences would be.

At the same time, the encroaching climate crisis, climate refugees, the gulf stream stopping causing European temperatures to drop, and everything else that goes along with it is only likely to distract from this aim, embolden and elect populist fascists like Farage, and take us down darker paths. But if PR can be brought in before this happens, the future could be better for the masses, at least a bit better than they are now.

Who could have forseen showers in April?!

Wholly indentured generation grinding low exploitative salaries?

I can't wait for the Government to release hardened criminals from our overcrowded prisons years early so they can fill the them with these uncooperative draft-dodgers. Truly we are living in the best timeline.

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