Comments by "jim 99" (@jim-es8qk) on "The failure of Neoliberalism and how to solve it | George Monbiot interview" video.

  1. England after the war created something very different. The issue is you would need imperialism and capitalism to pay for it.
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  2. ​ @washboo Has that actually happened?
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  3. ​ @fungibu7184 England Historically has a very good reputation for looking after its working class. Thanks to the labour party and trade unions things did genuinely get better. BUT!! The money that was used to achieve this came from the empire. That is the irony of socalism. Typically you are against capitalism and imperialism but at the same time it is required to improve things. Someone has to be a slave so we can be free.
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  4. ​​ @fungibu7184 No, it went on working wages, coucil houses and generally improving the quality of life for millions. Imperialism also paid for the NHS. Why do you think their was never a revolution here? Life was to good!!
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  5. ​ @fungibu7184 The trade unions actually did something good!! They helped to pull millions out of poverty at the turn of the 20th century!!
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  6. ​ @fungibu7184  How do you think we paid for the NHS? Stolen Iranian Oil fields.
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  7. ​ @fungibu7184 This was a direct observation from George Orwell. Trade unions can't pull people out of poverty unless there is money to do it. In England, that came from two sources. Capitalism and Imperialism. Imperialism was the most important.
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  8. ​ @fungibu7184 What do you think paid for the NHS?
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  9. ​​​ @fungibu7184 No it didn't. Life expectancy increased. At the turn of the 20th century, the labour party and capitalist profits pulled millions out of poverty. The quality of life between the different social classes narrowed. That's reality, you haven't provided any facts!!
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  10. ​​ @fungibu7184 If we had no money how did the government buy and nationalise so many industries? While simultaneously waging multiple wars? Under examination we had plenty of money.
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  11. ​ @fungibu7184  ...and life after the war in England really boomed. What happened was amazing. Arguably things only went backwards when we joined the EU.
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