[kj] Broken Britain

[Janean Lancaster]

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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