what worries me is this is technically survivable for the classes that keep the tories in power. especially since we'll probably see some kind of handout to the olds at the cost of the proles to keep their power base intact, alongside the continued fascist scrapegoating of randomly selected minorities (apparently it's the Albanians now). most of our unions are way too weak to do anything, the labour party's fucked, afaik most of the various communist parties are unhinged 100 person trotskyite transphobia fanclubs. tusc (lol) and the greens (lmao) are maybe closer to an actual socialist alternative, but still very much a tiny minority of the political sphere and both have serious issues, especially the succdem greens. the wobblies unionised one bakery recently, so that's something. maybe it's time for their big comeback... apologies for doomposting, I should really get back to sleep
you're right, although it's not just Murdoch (he'll be fine no matter what), I should have said specifically the petit bourgeoisie since that's the olds I was talking about. Not just elderly people but small scale landlords, small business freaks, etc, who make up a significant portion of the tories' base and social clout (especially the ones that call themselves "working class" even after making bank on Thatcher killing Keynes)
i don't know, ole' lizzie fucked over everyone on a mortgage, that is a huge chunk of their voter base, the triple lock on pensions? they're sheepish on keeping it going amidst historic inflation
hopefully! but part of the problem there is then we get Starmer, he runs headlong into the same contradictions, and the tories successfully win it back the election after on the basis that Labour was not racist enough & too loose with the Public Purse (not as actively tearing the copper wire out of the walls)
what worries me is this is technically survivable for the classes that keep the tories in power. especially since we'll probably see some kind of handout to the olds at the cost of the proles to keep their power base intact, alongside the continued fascist scrapegoating of randomly selected minorities (apparently it's the Albanians now). most of our unions are way too weak to do anything, the labour party's fucked, afaik most of the various communist parties are unhinged 100 person trotskyite transphobia fanclubs. tusc (lol) and the greens (lmao) are maybe closer to an actual socialist alternative, but still very much a tiny minority of the political sphere and both have serious issues, especially the succdem greens. the wobblies unionised one bakery recently, so that's something. maybe it's time for their big comeback... apologies for doomposting, I should really get back to sleep
old people are not a social class. the great conflict isn't between proletariat and the elderly.
the people who keep the tories in power are Rupert Murdoch
you're right, although it's not just Murdoch (he'll be fine no matter what), I should have said specifically the petit bourgeoisie since that's the olds I was talking about. Not just elderly people but small scale landlords, small business freaks, etc, who make up a significant portion of the tories' base and social clout (especially the ones that call themselves "working class" even after making bank on Thatcher killing Keynes)
i don't know, ole' lizzie fucked over everyone on a mortgage, that is a huge chunk of their voter base, the triple lock on pensions? they're sheepish on keeping it going amidst historic inflation
hopefully! but part of the problem there is then we get Starmer, he runs headlong into the same contradictions, and the tories successfully win it back the election after on the basis that Labour was not racist enough & too loose with the Public Purse (not as actively tearing the copper wire out of the walls)