Comment on Life was better in the nineties and noughties, say most Britons

MrNesser@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• Aggravationstation@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yea, strange how a government actually investing money in infrastructure and public services improves the lives of people overall.

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  • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Even stranger that so many voters seem unable to see this obvious truth.

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  • Aggravationstation@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Would the person who downvoted me please explain why?

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    • steeznson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I wasn’t the person but presumably they thought your point of view was reductionist given that the 90s were a time of widespread global prosperity. Like there was a specific context behind all of the investment.

      The government investing in public services was definitely one of the key factors in life being better back then.

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• bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I don’t think it’s that straightforward though. Not saying your point is irrelevant, I can definitely see your point. But I feel like most of the Western world where the British government has no reach would have this same opinion.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    American here; I think that’s because most of the rest of us have been fucked over by right-wing governments lately, too.

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• wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I’d take Major in a heartbeat over these cretins.

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