The sheer volume of embarrassment over the past decade has to make you wonder just how much more decent rational people can take with respect to living in this awful (relatively) country?
I have only been able to be mildly happy recently due to the amazing arrival of rent controls in Scotland, making me particularly hopeful for once that indeed, the populace does win eventually.
We have awful fire regulations and a culture of delinquency/incompetence from councils towards it's residents (Grenfell); awful rent structure (elsewhere) with a growing rental volume (mostly young people); awful building regulations (recent new build quality is third world level trash); our navy is grounded in port because it leaks too much or can't operate in warm water; our soldiers in the middle east had outdated equipment and thus were sent to die (basically); we have a homelessness epidemic that is very visible and depressing; people using foodbanks has soared; massive amount of child abuse finally being dealt with (depressing); draconian surveillance laws for <0.01% of people that effect everyone else for little benefit; parliament being usurped by non-binding refferenda regardless that it is itself "sovereign"; MP's being sacked/resigned left/right & center for things they should have been sacked yonks ago (too many to list at this point); MP's expense scandal; MP's sexual misconduct scandal; MP's getting paid to represent issues in parliament; PFI is a joke that costs the country billions; NHS is being purposely destroyed like the Railways were to make way for profit industry; Opoid epidemic being imported from the US; Media caught for hacking and barely hurt by the affair; Media constantly pushing clickbaity views as worthwhile news; Workplaces are awful and you sell your soul to get either crap pay/no benefits or are overworked/easily replaced because the worker has no respectable power; selling our energy security to the highest bidders (China, Qatar, SA etc)... That is off the top of my head, there are probably thousands more issues that a respectable modern forward looking nation shouldn't even contemplate as being socially acceptable or appropriate.
It's clearly obvious to me that some aspects of government have realised that the monster they've allowed to brew is no longer controllable (large swaths of the public who are eagerly misinformed and ready to be nationalistic fascists regardless of the irony of some of the statements they tend to make) and are simply directing it at other parts of society, away from them as they know the rational wedge of society is too busy/doesn't care enough to act on it.
It can no longer be assumed that this level of incompetence is viable for anyone for so long, why would the Tories constantly consolidate their voting potential in the dying half of the population while simultaneously destroy it in the other half?... it beggars belief, it must simply be ego.
How long can we reasonably be before we just say no? Can it even be saved from this idiocy, is that even worth it?
/rant after a long break from caring about any of this, but as usual it just gets worse.
I have only been able to be mildly happy recently due to the amazing arrival of rent controls in Scotland, making me particularly hopeful for once that indeed, the populace does win eventually.
We have awful fire regulations and a culture of delinquency/incompetence from councils towards it's residents (Grenfell); awful rent structure (elsewhere) with a growing rental volume (mostly young people); awful building regulations (recent new build quality is third world level trash); our navy is grounded in port because it leaks too much or can't operate in warm water; our soldiers in the middle east had outdated equipment and thus were sent to die (basically); we have a homelessness epidemic that is very visible and depressing; people using foodbanks has soared; massive amount of child abuse finally being dealt with (depressing); draconian surveillance laws for <0.01% of people that effect everyone else for little benefit; parliament being usurped by non-binding refferenda regardless that it is itself "sovereign"; MP's being sacked/resigned left/right & center for things they should have been sacked yonks ago (too many to list at this point); MP's expense scandal; MP's sexual misconduct scandal; MP's getting paid to represent issues in parliament; PFI is a joke that costs the country billions; NHS is being purposely destroyed like the Railways were to make way for profit industry; Opoid epidemic being imported from the US; Media caught for hacking and barely hurt by the affair; Media constantly pushing clickbaity views as worthwhile news; Workplaces are awful and you sell your soul to get either crap pay/no benefits or are overworked/easily replaced because the worker has no respectable power; selling our energy security to the highest bidders (China, Qatar, SA etc)... That is off the top of my head, there are probably thousands more issues that a respectable modern forward looking nation shouldn't even contemplate as being socially acceptable or appropriate.
It's clearly obvious to me that some aspects of government have realised that the monster they've allowed to brew is no longer controllable (large swaths of the public who are eagerly misinformed and ready to be nationalistic fascists regardless of the irony of some of the statements they tend to make) and are simply directing it at other parts of society, away from them as they know the rational wedge of society is too busy/doesn't care enough to act on it.
It can no longer be assumed that this level of incompetence is viable for anyone for so long, why would the Tories constantly consolidate their voting potential in the dying half of the population while simultaneously destroy it in the other half?... it beggars belief, it must simply be ego.
How long can we reasonably be before we just say no? Can it even be saved from this idiocy, is that even worth it?
/rant after a long break from caring about any of this, but as usual it just gets worse.
