Britain's the husk of a fallen empire, its top industry is finance. It's like a landlord who inherited the property of a successful corporate raider, but only knows to live off the proceeds (and fortunately his big American brother is a gun-wielding psycho). You can understand Germany subjecting Greece to austerity - xenophobic imperialism 101. But Britain's been subjecting its own people to austerity. Brits used to be the footsoldiers of empire, a dirty business, but one with glory and spoils. Now they're back to being the surplus population that's just getting in the way of its finance-managing betters.
Britain's the husk of a fallen empire, its top industry is finance. It's like a landlord who inherited the property of a successful corporate raider, but only knows to live off the proceeds (and fortunately his big American brother is a gun-wielding psycho). You can understand Germany subjecting Greece to austerity - xenophobic imperialism 101. But Britain's been subjecting its own people to austerity. Brits used to be the footsoldiers of empire, a dirty business, but one with glory and spoils. Now they're back to being the surplus population that's just getting in the way of its finance-managing betters.
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