Remember the UK used the NHS as a point of pride during the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony?
Remember when we even clapped for the NHS and called them “heros” when COVID came around?
Why did the majority of the British people fall for the propaganda and vote for the Tories anyway? Why does the Labour Party keep getting blamed for things that happened over 15 years ago? Cost of living and fuel going through the roof, cost of housing getting near unreachable levels with landlords and investors taking too many houses for themselves to rent out and squeeze unnecessary amounts of money out of people.
All this while the average person's wages have stayed the same. Our “NHS heros” have been given a measly 2%wage increase. Even worse than last year's 3%. It's laughable.
The British public seems to be very good at voting against their best interests (Brexit, Tories majority).
I wonder how capitalists see the end result of increasing prices while stagnating wages? Do they not see this will only lead to people no longer buying luxuries and businesses going under. They keep inflating the bubble, in complete denial that it'll pop.
And it's going to pop soon. When it does, who will get the blame? The bankers / landlords / CEOs? No, of course not. It'll be the workers fighting for fair wages, as the rail strikes have been vilified in the media.
How do we fight this, besides unionising? How do we slow down these ridiculous price increases which are only getting worse every year due to corporate greed?