shish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 12 hours agoShabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irishwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down15
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkShabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irishwww.theguardian.comshish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareZombie@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoYou’re confusing the experience of the average working class person with the purse strings of an entire nation. Yes, people are poor. People are poor because wages have stagnated while prices and productivity have increased. The capitalist class however have seen unprecedented wealth increase. Britain is still among one of the richest countries in the world as a whole, despite its working class being squeezed for all they’re worth.
You’re confusing the experience of the average working class person with the purse strings of an entire nation.
Yes, people are poor. People are poor because wages have stagnated while prices and productivity have increased.
The capitalist class however have seen unprecedented wealth increase.
Britain is still among one of the richest countries in the world as a whole, despite its working class being squeezed for all they’re worth.