Re: last 400 years
"Haven't the last 400 years of effort been to get way from that?"
Yes. And especially in the 2nd half of the 20th century, the vast majority of the UK did OK in comparison with the historical norms.
However, something appears to have changed for the worse in the last decade or two. Significant swathes of the UK are no longer doing OK. Even today's Tories are willing to admit in public that lots of people are "just about managing". Meanwhile a lucky few are doing very very nicely indeed, often for no particular reason, often at the expense of those less fortunate.
In the current circumstances, "business as usual", and the "same old same old", are not attractive medium term options.
If significant changes are not made, and made soon, to the way things are done in the UK (and maybe elsewhere), significant changes will still come about - but perhaps in less agreeable ways.
Some of us remember Toxteth and what followed. Others might benefit from learning about it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
