“It is often said the UK is not a rich country, but a poor society with some very rich people. It is now similarly true that the UK is not a regressive country, but increasingly a progressive society with some very regressive people holding most of the power. And our economic and political system, in both cases, serves those two minorities. The rest of us slowly check out, and are told the problem isn’t the diminishing vision of what is possible, but our apathy.”
The message in this article ⬆️ by the fabulous #NesrineMalik is SO important. it is just not true that we are all regressives resisting change, yet our system amplifies and panders regressivism, at all levels.
Credit to a fellow school mum for the apt word “pandering”. We were talking about school drop-off arrangements (an ongoing issue..). She said: why is it always the angry driver parent who is being pandered, not those asking for healthier, better green policies?
Pauline von Hellermann
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