Congratulations - a neat essay on our current predicament. The only flaw that I can find is that the emphasis above seems to be mostly on control by politicians and political activity, and the power of money is minimised. This aspect can probably be seen more clearly in the case of the US, (or even to an extent the EU) where all politica…
Congratulations - a neat essay on our current predicament. The only flaw that I can find is that the emphasis above seems to be mostly on control by politicians and political activity, and the power of money is minimised. This aspect can probably be seen more clearly in the case of the US, (or even to an extent the EU) where all political activity is dominated and fully controlled by the wealthy - whether through personal or corporate wealth.
But the same applies in the UK too - it's just better hidden. For example, one small area of visibility is the fact that many UK politicians have gone to the same elite and expensive schools, (despite Keir Starmers dad being a toolmaker, and Angela Rayner being decidedly working class), and this has been so for a very long time. The power of inherited and corporate wealth needs more scrutiny in any analysis of government such as here.
Well, I did say it was a total system, but I think that wealth, as wealth, probably has less influence than it once did, because individuals can now become wealthy outside the system. The old system was much more heavily based on inherited wealth than is the case today.
Congratulations - a neat essay on our current predicament. The only flaw that I can find is that the emphasis above seems to be mostly on control by politicians and political activity, and the power of money is minimised. This aspect can probably be seen more clearly in the case of the US, (or even to an extent the EU) where all political activity is dominated and fully controlled by the wealthy - whether through personal or corporate wealth.
But the same applies in the UK too - it's just better hidden. For example, one small area of visibility is the fact that many UK politicians have gone to the same elite and expensive schools, (despite Keir Starmers dad being a toolmaker, and Angela Rayner being decidedly working class), and this has been so for a very long time. The power of inherited and corporate wealth needs more scrutiny in any analysis of government such as here.
Well, I did say it was a total system, but I think that wealth, as wealth, probably has less influence than it once did, because individuals can now become wealthy outside the system. The old system was much more heavily based on inherited wealth than is the case today.