Comment on Every Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advises
CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 2 weeks agoYeah I think this is a thing that’s getting overlooked a lot lately, not just in the UK but in general. We have governments giving us advice about how to navigate all these things, but everyone seems to have forgotten that the government’s entire job is to keep things running smoothly and keep society on the rails. If we have endless financial crises, entire generations that can’t afford homes, police that won’t or can’t come out to investigate crimes, climate change running rampant because corporations never face consequences for polluting etc. the what the actual fuck is the government for?
It’d be like if I showed up to work and handed out a flier that said “I’m still getting paid but no longer doing any work. Here’s some things you can do to navigate that situation…”
zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 2 weeks ago
The government is for maintaining power for the ruling class - in our case, the British and International capitalist class. Its job as the administrator of mass civic life is almost ancillary to that first goal. If worst comes to worst, a government will act to ensure the first at the detriment of the second. But once that happens it’s almost too late, the destabilising impact of ignoring the second ancillary goal almost ensures the failure of the the first goal.