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Originally Posted by klinton
btw. talking more about UK - I heard from some older British people that I met some time ago that basically in UK social welfare is so advanced that if you are bum and alcoholic - but "smart" bum and alcoholic you can rip estate for something like 800 pounds every month, which will basically be spent on... your drinking !
this is what I heard about british social welfare. I heard also that its so advanced that some less demanding nations outside of Europe basically live off it, having children, sucking benefits for all thats possible and so on.
dont know if its 100 % true or no, but probably there is a grain of true in it.
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yeah that's not far off the mark... it's pretty fucked up. Ofc not everyone is like that, but.. the whole thing is screaming out for change... back to my original point.. I'm ok but many aren't, and while I don't actually vote, or (believe it or not) really get involved much in politics (I enjoy reading the threads to pass time between tasks though), I just cannot wrap my head around "I'm fine, so it must be working great" mentality.
Something will give, whether it's trump getting in in the usa, the far right getting in in the UK, or a shit ton of discontent rioting... aside from the usual conspiracy theories and associated whackos, more people are realising how corrupt and old-boy-network, money wins politics, shady deals, ridiculous law-making, bureacrocy for the sake of it to make sure those jobs are created, and all the rest of the shit... millions/billions/trillions of taxpayer dollars out of workers' pockets... obviously it's always gone on to some extent, but there comes a point where it's too much of a piss-take.
Anyway, typed far too much in this thread, about 3 months worth of text so far lol. No easy answers, and at the end of the day, reality is I'll be looking out for me and mine above everyone else
