The cost of liberal democracy/capitalism is that there are economic losers. “Old” Labour was about tackling class, i.e. the injustice of grossly unequal income distributions. Even if Socialism’s not your thing, there’s still no reason why capitalism can’t be forced to accept corrective or attenuating measures such as social safety nets, meaningful regulation, exponentially progressive [...]
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An anti-racist stance has to be consistent, otherwise it’s just… more racism. When I went on Anti-Nazi League marches with my schoolmates, the hope (as I understood it in my hormonally left-wing state) was for a colour-blind world of equal treatment and opportunity. All racial differentiation was bad. That was before Diversity(TM). Now, race – [...]
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