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Comment on Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age'

I know Gary likes to play dumb and assume this isn’t actually the goal of the rich and powerful all along but they have been executing this class war now for 45 years. Its not likely its new and its had universal support from every government since the early 1980s. It is what the ruling class wants, because they get to own everything and live even better. There is a reason you can’t get Labour to do anything about it they have been pursuing this intentionally since the 2000s.

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Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
My brother in Christ, class war has been active for thousands of years.

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- stringere@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Ever since the priests convinced others to work for them. The orginal lazy wealty class.
  
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Semjeza@fedinsfw.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
And also bizzarely attached to Labour.

Even his chats with Polanski seem to get ended with a “come and talk to me Labour-daddy and I’ll play with you instead, he’s not my first choice” attitude.

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- BrightCandle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Maybe its genuine on his part then and he isn’t playing dumb he just doesn’t actually realise that Labour has been bought and paid for by the rich and wealthy since the end of the 90s. He does keep thinking he can get Labour to change tune, yesterdays interview on channel 4 he is still talking like Labour can be pressured into wealth taxes to save themselves from wipe out in 2028.
  
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IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
How does he play dumb?

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- LSNLDN@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I think he does so in that he makes it out as best as he can to not be left vs right as people have been propogandised as to what those terms mean, and he wants to appeal to the masses; but in practice it’s pretty left coded.
  
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  - NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Facts are facts regardless of who says them. It doesnt matter that people think it’s a left wing idea bcz honestly this affects everybody and is the reason right wing demagogues such as Trump have risen to power.
    
    They offer simple solutions to problems that don’t address the root issue.
    
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- BrightCandle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  By not admitting this is actually something the government is intending and helping happen. He is treating the powerful as if they are unaware of the impact of what is clearly their chosen strategy and what will happen.
  
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