HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
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it's not just about m/c anxiety, important to emphasise the positive side to #FBPE as well imo
But you haven’t disagreed. I’ve have more respect for you if you had.
Now pack up your deckchair and jog on.
I think the above is a major factor and worth thinking about how it connects with the belowBrexit (on both sides) is just one expression of something that's going on across the world.
The recent (how recent depends on where) expansion of the m/c, and the social mobility that enabled that is grinding to a halt.
Capital no longer uses the m/c as a vehicle for social control (via liberal democracy) and us tossing them back into the proletarian abyss.
A section of society that was, briefly, included, is now facing exclusion.
Fear of losing what they had/have.
[Those figures are from the US but I should imagine the UK was not massively different (incidentally if anyone has any updated figures or figures for the UK I'd be grateful for a link).] While the last decade(s) has hit the upper deciles they have been somewhat insulated, I think you now have a situation where the material conditions conditions of those described in the OP are taking a noticeable hit and the same time social mobility going into reverse. That promotes an response towards social apartheid, as their material conditions narrow their social capital becomes increasingly important and so what they see as political attack of the 'deplorables', the 'rude guests', motivates them in a way state/capital attacks did not.Figures were from Doug Henwood's book After the New Economy and covered the US in 1998 (book published 2003) - i expect things have got even worse since. Basically they showed how many months each household quintile could exist at their current level of spendings and how long they could exist spending at 125% of the poverty line on savings alone (first number is current, second is at 125%)
Richest 25.5 - 81.5
Second Richest 8.2 - 18.4
Middle 2.2 - 3.4
Second Poorest 0.1 - 0.1
Poorest 0 - 0
A journal, started by DP Hunter (Chav Solidarity). Submissions wanted.is that an online blog/journal?
Were the Iraq war demonstrations not quite middle class? I thought they were.
Brexit (on both sides) is just one expression of something that's going on across the world.
The recent (how recent depends on where) expansion of the m/c, and the social mobility that enabled that is grinding to a halt.
Capital no longer uses the m/c as a vehicle for social control (via liberal democracy) and us tossing them back into the proletarian abyss.
A section of society that was, briefly, included, is now facing exclusion.
Fear of losing what they had/have.
That the w/c themselves have not only been under sustained attack, economically and in terms of identity/composition, amplifies this.
Steve Deacon ... had felt that “the world had been marching forward, and things were getting better incrementally”. But since that day, it no longer seems that way to him.
And this is absolutely correct“I’d been fairly apolitical throughout my life, just letting them get on with it as long as the country was run in a reasonably sensible manner,” he told me. “And it’s only the craziness of Brexit that’s made me mad.”
confirms that remainists are continuing to do politics under the guise of putting politics aside to serve the national interest.
Steve deacon should be sent for re-education based on his prior adherence to the whig view of history if not his appalling politicsRelevant article in todays Guardian
‘Loud, obsessive, tribal’: the radicalisation of remain
Bit too keen on sweeping statements but worth reading for the quotes
And this is absolutely correct
confirms that remainists are continuing to do politics under the guise of putting politics aside to serve the national interest.
And this is absolutely correct
And this appears in the guardian - without even a hint that it is the epicentre of this remainism. A quick dig on the so-called previously unpolitical grassroots people is interesting - an assortment of cuts supporting chairs of city labour parties, lib-dem candidates and management consultants and lawyers dependent on EU work. All very unpolitical.Relevant article in todays Guardian
‘Loud, obsessive, tribal’: the radicalisation of remain
Bit too keen on sweeping statements but worth reading for the quotes
And this is absolutely correct
she's made another one? i mean, subsequent to her cabinet of women one?Anyone see Caroline Lucas' daft suggestion?
No just that one.she's made another one? i mean, subsequent to her cabinet of women one?
awNo just that one.
she's made another one? i mean, subsequent to her cabinet of women one?
I'm amazed anyone managed anything more than an eyeroll at the headline tbhI only scanned the article. It wasn't really clear to what extent using the word 'cabinet' meant anything at all.
The last thing we need is cross-party "management of an emergency".
grayling's a cunt of the first orderThis made me laugh a lot tbf![]()
Mad floppy hair bouncing about everywhere as he furiously swings his legs back on forth on a cross trainer, a blur of pale flesh, ode to joy playing on loop. Magic.grayling's a cunt of the first order
Anyone see Caroline Lucas' daft suggestion?
Yeh but those are his good qualitiesMad floppy hair bouncing about everywhere as he furiously swings his legs back on forth on a cross trainer, a blur of pale flesh, ode to joy playing on loop. Magic.