A disgusting symptom of our times...
12.10.2025 08:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@mathewproe.bsky.social
Believer in equality for all.
A disgusting symptom of our times...
12.10.2025 08:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Democide in our times
Austerity, wage & public service cuts kill, but are govt policy.
Millions can't get good food, housing, education, healthcare, pension.
Men in poorer UK areas live 9.7 yrs less than those in least deprived areas. Women 8 years.
Govts silent on the human cost of fiscal rules
It would take the average UK earner 52 yearsβ worth of earnings to join the richest 10%.
Up from 38 years in 2006-08. Rich buy political influence.
Govts help the rich. Bottom 20% pay higher proportion of income in than the richest 20%.
Inequalities obstruct economic growth, fuel social unrest.
The UK household debt is over Β£2 trillion.
Debt once public now loaded to households e.g. student debt. Energy debt rising. People borrowing for healthcare.
Mortgages 7 times salary being issued. Soaring rents.
Real average wage stuck at the 2008 level.
What could go wrong?
UK subsidises energy prices in other countries.
Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.
Β£514bn operating profit since 2020.
Profits/Dividends go abroad.
Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.
βWhat is how human civilization felt in the year 2025 AD prior to Skynet, aka The Future War.β
23.09.2025 15:46 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Young people say rising bills stopping them moving out.
Low wages, insecure jobs and high cost of living. High rents and property prices; water and energy bills, council tax and insurance. Little chance of savings.
No govt curbs profiteering.
βGlobal renewable energy investment reached a record $386 billion in the first half of 2025, a 10% increase driven by offshore wind and small-scale PVβ¦United States recorded the largest decline, with committed spending down $20.5 billion, or 36%β¦EU investment rose nearly $30 billion, or 63%β
21.09.2025 10:27 β π 39 π 18 π¬ 2 π 1Very worrying. We are under attack from PE...
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Just utter class, from the strings to the last 'by now'.
20.09.2025 05:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I can never remember all the lyrics.
20.09.2025 05:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Absolutely right. Vested interests ensure the situation remains oppressive.
20.09.2025 05:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very, very dangerous road...
20.09.2025 05:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Very sad, and happening in every aspect of life...
18.09.2025 06:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lovely photo
17.09.2025 18:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Here they are. Our two undefeated rikishi going into Day 5 of Aki:
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Sekiwake Kirishima.
Tonight--Kirishima faces Aonishiki (their head to head: 0-1)
and Hoshoryu meets Atamifuji (head to head: 3-5).
What are the chances I can post this same pic of unbeatens tomorrow?
The film of All the President's Men was one of the reasons I became a journalist, starring Robert Redford and produced by his Wildwood Enterprises. #RestInPower
16.09.2025 12:31 β π 91 π 11 π¬ 6 π 2Onosato and Hoshoryu are off to fast starts at the Autumn Basho, raising fans hopes of seeing a title-deciding yokozuna showdown on Day 15 for the first time in five years.
17.09.2025 06:42 β π 12 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0It is superb.
17.09.2025 06:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Barbarians at the Gate
Pope Leo criticises pay packages of Elon Musk and other corporate chiefs.
Millions/Billions toil in poverty.
Super rich use wealth to fund far-right groups; buy political parties, legislators, media, ferment social unrest, manipulate democracies.
Need wealth taxes.
Hereβs the study on domestic terror that the DOJ deleted from government records. It proves the VP is a liar of epic proportions.
16.09.2025 22:42 β π 83 π 55 π¬ 3 π 7Where are we going?
17.09.2025 06:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We lost the major healthcare system in our district, in part, due to insufficient Medicaid Funding.
The obscene Medicaid cuts in the Big Ugly Bill are threatening our remaining systems, so it's no surprise nobody was able to step in and try to keep the place running.
The Post Office paid law firm Β£86m for dealing with the public inquiry into the scandal.
30 years later victims await compensation for false prosecutions. Despite evidence no exec charged.
Fujitsu, lawyers, advisers complicit. Made millions in fees. No contribution to compensation fund.
Beautiful part of the world β€οΈ
17.09.2025 06:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0UK govts appease corporations and the super-rich, people navigate crumbling social infrastructure.
Hard to see GP/Dentist
Shortage of social housing.
Sewage in rivers.
Sky-high energy prices
6.25m in England await 7.4m hospital appointments.
Unchecked profiteering.
Must abandon neoliberalism.
UK employee median wage Β£30,816 (net Β£25,707).
Millions barely survive, bosses collect up to 1,112 times average wage.
37% on Universal Credit claimants are at work. People surviving on food banks, charity.
Can't revive economy without redistribution.
UK public has paid Β£200bn to shareholders of privatised water, rail, bus, energy and mail services, mostly foreign owned.
Investment neglected. Regulators useless.
Often little/no competition, captive customers fleeced,, more pushed into poverty.
Privatisation is one of the biggest scams.