tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post73114464863432162..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Meet the New Chancellor ...Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-1031480958402976832016-10-04T17:44:49.339+01:002016-10-04T17:44:49.339+01:00Politically it is always to the advantage of the T...Politically it is always to the advantage of the Tories to create an underclass, so poverty targets go out of the window when they are in power. Driving a section of the population into destitution is an active policy goal for the Tories, which is why austerity was such an opportunity for them, as was the previous years of New Labour attacks on the underclass (though I accept New Labour had different motives). But Tory policy also coincides with the interests of the top 20% of society, who want a divided and disciplined workforce.<br /><br />By creating a permanent and stable underclass this makes the working class feel middle class, and gives them a feeling of an elevated status within society. If the working class can see a sizable underclass then the affect is to bind the working class to their lord and masters, so the working class forms an alliance with the upper classes. This is obviously in the interest of status quo parties, though it is more beneficial for the Tories. The Tories endless talk about hard working families is designed to draw the dividing line between the underclass and everyone else. This tactic works very well. Tory electoral woes have been massively over-exaggerated. The real time of reckoning has been for the useless and pointless centrists who are nothing but right wingers with a very small twist of social democracy. People like Corbyn offer the only escape from this reality.<br /><br />Austerity was never about 'balancing the books' but was and is an ideological project aimed at the most vulnerable. It also allowed for an attack on the Public sector, a goal which for the Tories long precedes the global financial crash.<br /><br />Currently the BBC are creating a new division via old and young workers. They are implanting in peoples minds the idea that the old are living off the young. So Youth unemployment is the fault of workers dignity in old age.<br /><br />The media's role in shaping and creating subjects obedient and pliable cannot be overstated, what else can explain Theresa May's popularity other than media coverage? Well done boys, what a job you have done! <br /><br />On international issues the picture looks even bleaker and the media even more debased! Every disastrous piece of imperialist war mongering is lapped up by the masses despite the utter disastrous policies being still very much in the immediate memory.<br />BCFGnoreply@blogger.com