The only thing I can remember enough to reference from this god-awful show: youtu.be/wz-PtEJEaqY

I would call "the ghouls are inviting one-another to state dinners and publicly flaunting their use of state resources for the sake of mutual self-enrichment" a conspiracy tbh, in the sense that they are literally conspiring

It is curious how the Labour Party came to set its face so firmly against the principle of broad-based taxes. The idea that "working people" collectively shoulder the costs of the welfare state (or defence of the realm) seems like a good idea for progressives to defend

A functioning welfare state requires that at least some proportion of 'legitimately' earned wealth is put aside for that that don't have the capacity to earn enough to cover their own costs. That's fine and correct and I am very in favour of it, but it is not 'socialism'.

It's not just that, though.

You could give all "working people" (by w/e definition) an equal slice of the proceeds of production & you still wouldn't have a functioning welfare state/public realm.

Universalism & welfare pol is a different (if frequently co-habiting) set of ideas to socialism.

no u

The 'corporate infographic' whitewashing of such an inherently fascistic, illiberal, racist, and destructive idea is sickening.

Really underlines how shite the national comms game is, eh?

Don't know about heads, but my eyes are rolling

Another piece of evidence in the 'people that work in public transit are the best sort of people' pile.

NLP is a field far older than 2016, fwiw