@CommonDreams (Common Dreams) posted a new topic, subject "Britain's Senseless Pursuit of Disaster Capitalism". It read:

   Originally published at: Britain's Senseless Pursuit of Disaster Capitalism

To which @Hempwise (Stephen Mills) replied

    Truss said we have had redistribution economics for 10 years and it hasn't worked.
    
    Its unbelievable how much wealth has gone to the top 1% in that time. The gap between the haves and have not's has grown so much wider .
    
    She never mentions inequality and greed.
    
    The UK has the 7th most unequal incomes of 30 countries in the developed world, but is about average in terms of wealth inequality. While the top fifth have nearly 50% of the country's income and 60% of the country's wealth, the bottom fifth have only 4% of the income and only 1% of the wealth.
    
    From The Equality Trust.

After which, @chapdrum added

    It is by no means senseless if you are going to profit from it. That's the idea in the first place.

So @celticfire (Tanya Stewart) replied

    Brexit Britain hardly stands alone: Here in the United States, the 1% essentially own nearly 50% of this nations wealth. Nothing has changed in 40 years of austerity, and with billionaires in command of every possible outlet for our voices, it has come time for us to see what we can do with the impossible choices we have to be heard.

So @mrsannhitts replied

    But the new king is in the counting house, counting all his money; Truss said, " go to your castle Charlie, and take along that old jar of honey. We've got this covered with the EU's hot new market for our gas and oil.  
    And commies and socialists can remain our weapon makers' perfect foil. We'll still make all our real money off other suckers' toil. "  
    And, Thatcherism remains the same old unlanced boil, percolating up from under the sea, the ground and ruining their soil.  
    The sin never sets on the British Empire.

@rickshaw51 (Rick Straw) replied

    they are not alone --in this country the Fed is currently trying the same tactics-labelling the price gouging of corporations as inflation -this is because the capitalists are working on crashing the economy again – like they did under Bush and Obama( did you really think that crash was organic rather than planned–how quaint)–so they can initiate another round of disaster capitalism for the theft of any wealth we managed to acquire since the last round of disaster capitalism

To which @PMP420 (John Doe) replied

    “His clothes are a dirty shade of blue  
    And his ancient shoes worn through  
    He steals from me and he lies to you  
    Old England is dying.” – Mike Scott

So @PMP420 (John Doe) replied

    As Chapdrum noted, “It is by no means senseless if you are going to profit from it.” It's only a disaster for _us_ , their _victims_ – these _criminals_ in power are doing just fine, thank you.
    
    Britain is probably the numero uno reason **the U.S. is a failed state**. It's why **we're definitely a class-bound society** despite cultural denial. It's why we have the obstructive Senate & why that body commits class warfare. One of the few differences is the Executive Branch but essentially that's both the PM & King rolled into one albeit with a much-reduced shelf life. Keeping the tyrants in a revolving door was about all that those a-hole founding fathers got right.
    
    And it's why the U.S., like the U.K., plants its flag where it doesn't belong & engages in nonstop acts of aggression in their colonial quests on behalf of Imperialism. Empire first & to hell with people & the environment.
    
    The revolution of 1776 was a farce. What kind of ‘revolution' keeps the _same_ elite in power after its ‘success' as before? Only a faux revolution designed to cut out the London brokers so American elites didn't have to pay their debts. That the ‘wisdom' of those hallowed WTFs.


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