Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "" video.

The UK populace kept consuming this propaganda without recognising it for what it is. For at least 3 decades! And still people do not realise who the real culprit is: Murdoch and the other extreme right-wing media. I guess the people need to suffer a bit more until the get sick of the lies.
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Carl Stone All fascists point to some imagined point in the past where their nation was the King of the World, and then had their "Rightful Position" taken from them by "The Enemy". Hitler had the dolchstoß anti-jew theory, Mussolini pointed to the Roman Empire, Trump has the "Lost Cause" myth and the Red Scare anti-democrat lies, Putin points to the glory of Stalin and how the west destroyed the USSR, Brexiteers point to the glory pre WW2 and the EU as enemy. It is the sentiment of betrayal that makes fascism so hard to beat. Everybody who tries to talk some sense is made out to be another traitor.
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@timelwell7002 An empty stomach is a powerful teacher... My fear is that the Tories will blame the EU until violence ensues.
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@timelwell7002 By blaming the EU, the Tories sow hatred and distrust. As the economic situation grows desperate, that hatred and distrust become anger that grows to a point where an outlet is needed. It can either explode inward, at the Tory government, or outward at the EU. So, yes, while it seems inconceivable at the moment, if the UK really does go into an economic tailspin (as is likely seeing how the Tories are bungling everything), it may well turn into war. Possible triggers might be either Gibraltar or the Republic of Ireland, but that is very hard to predict. It may also be a civil war with Scotland. That war will be the dying breath of the Conservative Party, so they are playing a game that is more dangerous than they realise, also to themselves. This is one reason why the EU is treating the UK with such forbearance.
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"Never has so much been suffered by so many through the willful ignorance of so few". But the populace has no-one to blame except themselves, as throughout 2019 it was glaringly obvious that Bozo and the rest of the Tories didn't have a clue what they were on about. Please, people, remember, and make sure the Tories get their comeuppance.
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@reasonerenlightened2456 Phil has enough to say about the classes. It is just that Brexit is such a colossal fuck-up even without class differences being considered. The problem in the UK is not that there are different classes. It is that the lower classes believe the lies that are spoon-fed to them by the upper class. If the lower classes started to vote Labour, things would get better real quick. Sadly, Corbyn was a really bad leader. That prick could have prevented Brexit without the 2019 General Election, if he had co-operated with the other opposition parties. But he wanted to become PM himself... I still don't understand why Labour was not dead-against Brexit in 2016. Everybody could have foreseen that the lower and middle classes would bear the brunt of the Brexit costs.
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@timelwell7002 Indeed it is. But simply ask yourself how you would feel if you believed the lies the Tories are spreading, and your company went bankrupt, and you could no longer pay your rent. You would want to get even with the evil EU, wouldn't you? You would demand your government take harsh action. Now multiply that sentiment by tens of millions, and you have a powder keg waiting to explode. Similar situation is now enfolding in the USA, where a good part of the population actually wants a civil war. The world need to learn how to deal with the lying media that incites this hate and anger.
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@justmythought7658 LOL. You wanna go back to snail mail and corded phones? Loosing the internet would hit the global economy hard for the same reason Brexit hits the UK economy hard. The world has changed since 1990.
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@timelwell7002 You assume that things are not pushed to a head by an economic collapse -- Argentina-style. Argentina tried to direct blame to the UK (hence the Falklands war), but when that failed things were sorted pretty quickly (politically, not economically)... We need to hope for a moment where the Tories overstep, and do something for which blame can not be shifted. Like Trump with his 6-1 insurrection, Argentina for the invasion of the Falklands.
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Yeah. And then discover that without electricity, the population of the UK can not be fed. You'd need to ditch about 30 million people to get back to the level that can be sustained using 1899 tech.
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@reasonerenlightened2456 That clarifies things.
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