cestus.bsky.social
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Rain magic! Do it some more!
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In his foreword to the immigration white paper Starmer says high net migration has done “incalculable damage” to the country.
That’s a complete reversal on what he was saying three years ago.
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Maybe it's just me but I can't see Keir Starmer of all people taking cocaine. His laces might pop, or the stick up his ass might shift.
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And until our mainstream parties work out exactly what is going on and make proper moves to address it, they're chasing the right wing down some very dangerous and ultimately dead end rabbit holes. 8/8
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Very few of them (mostly just the scary white nationalists) actually give a damn about immigration, but they're happy to jump on the bandwagon if it's steering the ship their way. 7/
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…but virtually every policy change he makes will have the opposite effect. Farage is the same. These petty kings and wannabe aristos masquerade as 'men of the people' while taking handouts from and giving hand outs to their billionaire friends. 6/
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Having said that, they're more than happy to use the impacts of global capitalism on left behind communities as leverage points to get elected. And to use all the racist and nationalist dog whistles to get there. Look at Trump. He talks about workers and attracting jobs back to the US… 5/
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What they claim to want is true global capitalism, gloves off, red in tooth and claw, though only if that results in them being the ones to make it to the top. They don't want a well-regulated level playing field, they want one that's tipped in their favour. Fiefdoms, not communities. 4/
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They resent the residual taxation that countries are managing to extract, the environmental rules imposed on them, the anti-corruption frameworks they have to work within. Unfair, they cry. It's government overreach. 3/
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But I think you're wrong about the motivations of the parties themselves, or at least the movers and shakers amongst them. Sure they have concerns about global capitalism, but it revolves more around what little ethics it still has left than workers and communities. 2/
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I think you have a point and I have no doubt that a goodly number of people voting for these parties do so in the vain hope that the destructive power of global capitalism will be addressed and their communities will benefit. 1/
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And my dad. Bletchley adjacent. Electrician who kept the bombs (decoding machines) running. Also felt guilty for not being on the front lines. They also served.
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My grandfather, a farmer. Reserved occupation. Felt guilty about 'not serving' to the end of his days. They also served.
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Facial expression is wrong. His tone is as if he's reading from an autocue, but his expression is more free wheeling mode. But yeah, way too many people will believe it.