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I try not to mention him by name, & usually ignore the delusional rantings of this infantile dangerously irresponsible self-promoting grifting narcissistic hard-right shit-stirring Reclaim tosspot, but just occasionally he gifts something so monumentally fucking stupid...
#Rwanda
#THREAD
On May 1st, 1949, the essay 'Why Socialism?' was published in the first issue of Monthly Review, written by actual genius, Albert Einstein.
It addresses some of the main & ongoing problems with capitalism, predatory economic competition, & growing wealth inequality.
Even the Times can see Boris Johnson for what he really is - a grotesque populist conman.
Rees-Mogg Snr emphasised the importance of “low taxation” & “personal independence” – the two sacred causes of the hard-right at the time & since.
With the decline of the welfare state & public services, 'personal independence' now translates to 'personal responsibility'.
Following the imposition of ideological #austerity, council funding has been cut by 49%.
Essential public services have either been privatised or replaced with faceless profit-motivated corporate outsourcers, with only a superficial concern for the places in which they operate.
#GBNews fans: I know some of us on the Left ARE too quick to demonize people we disagree with. I get that.
But "wokeism" isn't the main problem: insecure work & wealth inequality is - $30 TRILLION is hoarded offshore! Having our own Fox News will make Britain EVEN MORE divided.