• Blamemeta@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They brexited and kept importing cheap labor. Its not a surprise that they’re so poor, or that the british working class is turning to the right.

    • Conyak@lemmy.tf
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      1 year ago

      You’re not wrong but it has been going on for 15 years. There were issues before Brexit.

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          1 year ago

          ‘I can not touch meat until it’s cooked, as a youth I used to weep outside butcher’s shops’

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            1 year ago

            I hate that OP has inflicted such a non-casual thread on us. But I do love this reference.

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            1 year ago

            I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating than the geranium. The carrot has mystery. Flowers are essentially tarts. Prostitutes for the bees. There is a certain je ne sais quoi - oh, so very special - about a firm, young carrot…

      • Blamemeta@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, but it’s definitely getting worse. They’re worse off than Mississippi. That’d make anyone mad.