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[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The current Labour party was certainly the crowning achievement of Thatcher's legacy.

[–] Gosplan14_the_Third@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Literally what Thatcher said back in the day.

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Thatcher walked so that Tony Blair can run

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Labour radicals of the past would've beaten the shit out of him for this. No hesitation, they would have absolutely gone after him for it. And it would have been the end of labour.

[–] privatized_sun@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

natural entrepreneurialism

human domestication is real

[–] WoofWoof91@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

in the same way the guy that stabbed me brought meaningful change to my torso

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Really cementing his legacy bathroom

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As an American, the UK seems like a much more shitty and horrible place to live.

[–] i_need_a_non_identifiable_name@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's quite shit right now but ngl I wouldn't want to live in America either. There are some things I value that we have here which is why it's ever more of a shame it's going down the shitter.

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

healthcare for one, lack of armed crazy people another

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just for clarification, were not arguing here, i dont think US is better. Isnt your healthcare system going to shit too?

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

oh absolutely it's going to shit but the American healthcare is already there

Our healthcare is being deliberately mismanaged so it can be sold off piecemeal and eventually turned into yours

[–] janny@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh, to be honest I think part of the reason why the NHS looks better is because while american healthcare sucks and is too expensive, you brits have never experianced it in comparison to your own.

I watched philosophy tube's video about the NHS and honestly it seems like the NHS is a government agency dedicated to wasting tens of billions of dollars to maintain the appearance of healthcare so people can feel good about themselves until they actually need it. I for one prefer to know that at least while I might be financially ruined at a hospital or receiving gender affirming care, at least I can get it.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There is a fairly simple comparison to make here, the UK life expectancy is 80.9 years while the US life expectancy is 77.2 years.

Healthcare in the UK is bad for anything that is a non-emergency, this is certainly true. You will be treated fast in the US system for these things. But critical care is still very very good.

Obviously other factors play into this as well, like diets, health and safety, workplace regulations, food regulations and so on. But I don't think the NHS provides poor care to those who absolutely need it. The problem is the in-betweens and things like gender care that are politicised topics.

You're also not getting lesser care if you're poor, which is a major and important factor. Nobody has "bad insurance" here.

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I dont pay attention to the politics of places that dont exist but isnt this the chucklehead that suspended Corbyn, or something?

[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Corbyn is such a wimp, he tried to play nice with the rightwing of Labour, even though they were doing everything to sabotage Corbyn's rule. Once Starmer got into power, they started purging the leftwing Lobourites.

[–] LeZero@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He should have asked himself what would Vladimir Ilyich have done

kind-vladimir-ilyich

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They burned Corbyn and U-turned Bernie flattened-bernie

Problem with these elder leaders is they put too much stock in the instiutions and niceties. We need more spice on the left.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

To make it to the level that Corbyn and Bernie did in bourgeois institutions more or less necessitates a lack of spice. Entryism is always doomed to fail.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

By shutting us out so completely from neolib institutions, they're basically making sure that will happen by creating generations of people that have nothing to lose politically by going hard against a party they have no ties to.

[–] shath@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

[redacted] yourself you fucking nonce

[–] Melina@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Very likely