> i wonder if the coming inflation spike will really drive home to many people that we are a truly poor country it's possible. anecdotally, quite a few of the people i know irl have expressed desire to get out of the uk after the riots happened (not because they were anti riot or anything, just seemed to shock them awake on how shit things are and how the government really doesn't give a fuck if they live or die). i think there's at least some subset of people who are genuinely incapable of accepting or comprehending just how bad things have gotten here economically, though. the kind of people who just show up to their shitty retail job while everything gets worse around them, they get paid less in exchange for more work in worse conditions, and never think to make a change. i think while some people are definitely realising now how fucked things are, this country as a whole is sleepwalking into the sea due to having an excess of people in the latter category (and importing millions who just don't know any better).
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