[kj] Broken Britain
Janean Lancaster
j at jlancaster.info
Wed Aug 10 11:18:35 EDT 2011
Yeah, that's pretty spot on. Especially the first sentence about a
society that values material things about all else. There seems to have
been a shift in attitude towards material posessions in the last 20
years. There's an obsession with flat screen TVs and shit. "Riot?
Ooo, let's go and get another telly."
On 09/08/2011 17:00, folk devil wrote:
> "Create a society that values material things above all else. Strip it
> of industry. Raise taxes for the poor and reduce them for the rich and
> for corporations. Prop up failed financial institutions with public
> money. Ask for more tax, while vastly reducing public services. Put
> adverts everywhere, regardless of people's ability to afford the
> things they advertise. Allow the cost of food and housing to eclipse
> people's ability to pay for them. Light blue touch paper." On a
> friend's FB.
>
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> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 17:30:22 +0200
> From: 65snoopy at gmail.com
> To: gathering at misera.net
> Subject: [kj] Broken Britain
>
> While I've been watching events at home from afar with a mixture of
> bemusement and
> shock, this video has got to be the most depressing thing I've seen
> for some time.
> I hope the bastards here get what is coming to them at some point in
> their lives.
> Lost for words - what the feck is going on over there?
> Hope everyone is safe.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gex_ya4-Oo
>
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