@nprofile1q... I think overwhelming young people need hope to believe that it is possible to have secure lives in the future. I don't think most believe they should get it without effort, but there's a significant number who feel that they're working really hard and have no hope that anything can change for the better.

@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... do they?

@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... good question. I am no expert but it feels like libertarians in general think there exist lots of unowned stuff, just lying around, which the super strong-and-intelligent libertarian then can conquer and own and exploit.

@nprofile1q... 'scuse me sir, do you have a license to walk that pig?

@nprofile1q... I guess you mean £85k not 85%?

@nprofile1q... I think anyone who has had open heart surgery or complex cancer treatment has likely had medical care worth more in financial terms than they've paid in a lifetime of taxes.

Which is as it should be. It's literally why we have taxes, charged (hopefully) fairly to pay for the benefit those in need. It's not a bank account where we individually have to pay out for the things we individually need.

@nprofile1q... I think it is often about desperation. Sick people often find that they are unable to see a medic via the GP (or whatever) so end up in A&E where they wait for hours.

The A&E waiting room is an unpleasant place, mix in the stress of being ill and being passed from pillar to post and it boils over onto the nearest health professional.

@nprofile1q...
Racist: black anti-racist campaigner
Terrorist: old woman with a sign in Trafalgar Square
Threat: woman with a scarf and flag

Not a racist: person threatening to attack people in a hotel
Not terrorists: mob fighting with police outside a hotel
Not a threat: neo-Nazis who use violent words and actions but remain free because they weren't arrested

Up is down, in is out, pink is green.

@nprofile1q... Switzerland is a mess though. Not really a good advert for anything much - a good place to live if you are upwardly mobile and on a decent income. Pretty crap if you are begging on the street.

@nprofile1q... I increasingly think that the "elite" however one defines it have determined, largely randomly, that certain people are unwanted by society. And they've been able to press the buttons of the ignorant to vote against their own interests for policies that only benefit the elite.

The reality is that there are about 80% of the population who are seen as expendable and unwanted by the top 20%

@nprofile1q... it seems like "not enough" is a common idea from the far-right which has captured British politics at the moment.

Brexit went bad because it wasn't enough
Truss had the right ideas but wasn't allowed to go hard enough
Tory crackdowns on migrants were not enough

It's a kind of muscular politics that tries to tell electors that the solution is a strongman. There's a word for that.

@nprofile1q... yes, sorry for the weak joke