Emeritus Prof Christopher MayMar 17

If you wanted an example of how the UK is becoming more like the USA look at the roads.... the appalling state of many roads in the USA partly prompted John Kenneth Galbraith's observation some 50 years ago that the US combined public squalor with private affluence.

Given the concentration of wealth in the UK & the ever growing problem of potholes in roads, a similar observation would seem (and has seemed for some time) apposite for the UK.

#inequality #politics

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2rm8evv7eo

Cost of fixing potholes hits £18bn, industry body estimates

Just 51% of the local road network in England and Wales is reported to be in good condition, research suggests.

BBC News
Show threadHerefordrobMar 17
@ChrisMayLA6 Like so many politicoeconomic choices today around the world in the industrialised nations is a false economic system: Keynesian militarism.
Keynes encouraged growth through social endeavour, not the military.
The argument about 'growth' is one largely ignored in mainstream economics/politics.
https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/my-address-to-the-european-parliament?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=6gykt6
My Address to the European Parliament

How Europe Fell Into the Arms of Warmongering, and What We Must Do

Savage Minds
Show threadHerefordrobMar 17
Capitalism is not the natural order
@ChrisMayLA6 https://youtu.be/9M_dq_0ljsc?si=RnEcvzLBWVXpqS08
Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced

YouTube
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May

@Herefordrob

Yup, a truism - capitalism is a function of the legal system enforced by the state

Mar 17 at 8:30amWeb