Comments by "the other Andrew" (@theotherandrew5540) on "Former British Soldier EXPOSES UK Riots" video.

55 years ago my professor explained that we were moving towards 3 social classes, the upper class, and two others, the unemployed and the poorly employed. The two lower class are left to fight while the upper class live very nicely off their labour. “Your enemy comes not in a small boat, but in a private jet.”
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@fredmercury1314 I don’t think those who experienced the Amritsa massacre would agree with you, nor the relatives of the 3,000,000 who died of starvation as a result of the British confiscating their rice in WW2.
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Britain’s imperial history is extremely uncomfortable to acknowledge. An Indian professor I knew 60 years ago commented that the British went to India to do things that would have been totally unacceptable back home.
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Braverman is clearly profoundly mentally disturbed. Her selection as a Tory candidate and then to a very senior cabinet post reflects very badly on the Tory party, and on her constituency.
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@lilylittlemonster5 While the British brought about some changes in India which might be seen as beneficial, those same changes might well have happened without imperial intervention. The British East India company began by destroying the indigenous Cotten industry which was as advanced as the British, it then took the cotton, and sold cotton goods back to India, thereby retarding Indian industrialisation.
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@lilylittlemonster5 Unfortunately you seem to view “other cultures” through your British media lens. They are often different, but rarely feel oppressive to the citizens. Seen from outside, Britain looks as if it’s on the brink of civil war, yet we on the inside know that’s true.
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@JasonBarnett-YTisantiWest Most human being, including those who come in small boats, as kind and compassionate.
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@WeOutlawsTV88 You have explained accurately how the boat people have to struggle to pay for their crossing. What have jet-setters got to do with that apart from exploiting them? Many (certainly not 90+%) are indeed able bodies men, who are willing to work and pay tax, thus contributing to the economy of the host country. Wars only make the situation worse.
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@michaelhartle9737 Religious tolerance is a mark of civilisation and astute politics.
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@Logans3Run I don’t know how Iberian people view their imperial past, but the impartial British have left a similar trail of destruction.
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@woodsghost9088 It is the job of government to protect its citizens, therefore your logic leads to immigration control. In the good old days before Brexit, migrant workers did a lot of the seasonal work in agriculture in the UK. Similarly, tradesmen from other countries were quite prepared to work in remote locations where “indigenous” tradesmen were reluctant. The UK has an aging population, it needs more able-bodied young workers. If the government manages to stimulate the economy, there will quite quickly follow a shortage in the labour market. Statistically, by working and paying tax, immigrants make a small net contribution to GDP. The costs come from not allowing them to work.
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@woodsghost9088 That can only be true if employers fail to pay reasonable wages.
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@woodsghost9088 in the theoretical model of free market economics that holds true. But apart from the unreality of economic models, social intervention by governments aught to regulate labour markets in a way which protects citizens (by far the majority of whom are empires) from “free market” exploitation.
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@thomaslacornette1282 Religion and “culture” have long been used as tools of power.
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@woodsghost9088 Simplistic solutions don’t fix complex problems. In the unreal “free market” economy, yes unlimited immigration would lower wages, but in the real world that effect is minimal due to appropriate minimum wage laws and the reluctance of British workers to do some jobs. Doctors are well paid, the underemployment of doctors is not related to immigration but to government policy. Housing shortages and other social paucities are also the result of government action, or inaction. Immigration just makes that more obvious. Homelessness in Finland has been eradicated by … building homes. What a novel idea! Immigrants are simply a convenient scapegoat to distract the public from government failings.
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@OutlawTV89 I’ve no idea what you’re wittering on about.
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@annamoon7222 There is no society in which everyone shares the same values. Like Darwinism, some are more prevalent than others but diversity alway exists.
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@annamoon7222 Yes of course but never a complete closed set of values.
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@annamoon7222 sorry, I don’t understand what point you are making?
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@woodsghost9088 There is no such thing as a “free market”. There cannot be such unless all players are equal and all knowledge is available. That is referred to as the “free market” is a place where the most powerful dominate and set the rules to the disadvantage of all lesser players.
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@woodsghost9088 while I agree with your description of the problem, your solution don’t fit. It’s not less government we need, but better, more democratic, accountable government, aided by truly independent media (something sorely absent at present). Less governance gives more power to multinationals businesses. Immigration controls are all together another issue.
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@michaelbrittain7445 Islam has no interest in your freedom. They would just like to be allowed their own.
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@fredmercury1314 Your coda “that’s a fact” doesn’t make it so any more than your use of capital letters. The imperialists did indeed unify the subcontinent and added their cultural mark, just as previous dynasties had. Empires are built for extraction,for the benefit of the imperial centre.
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@Briselance Crime in the UK has been steadily declining over those 30 years.
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