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Britain is a weak link in Donald Trump’s new world order, so it needs to find friends… fast
(www.theguardian.com)
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Ah, yes, continuing to prioritise economy over society, and even humanity, that's sure to start working out (for anyone other than the billionaires in power) any fucking day now... 🙄
If your economy is in chaos, you'll quickly find yourself unable to care for society.
Healthcare, pensions, other benefits, infrastructure, schooling, law enforcement, fire services... the list goes on.
And I'm not sure what you mean by continue to prioritise economy. The economy hasn't been prioritised in a long while. Brexit, covid handling, slashing infrastructure spending, etc have been awful for the economy.
The only way out of the mess we're in is to make meaningful steps in improving the economy.
We need a good economy so we can afford things like the NHS, but yes the economy ideally would benefit every Brit, rather than just a few rich people.
No, we need to abolish capitalism so we can have free access to healthcare (and food, water, shelter), not to continue playing by the rules set out for us by those who profit from commodifying our basic needs and human rights.
How can you improve the economy when no one has enough purchasing power?
Millions of Brits are unemployed or underemployed. Put them to work first.
First hire health workers, first produce and import medical equipment. "Anything we can actually do, we can afford." and all that.