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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Wait, we're talking about the country that has codified class delineation still?
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Speaking of class:
Britain is in the midst of a working-class revolt
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Across the nation this past week I’ve heard the same refrain: ‘No one listens to us, no one cares.’ Now those ignored for so long are demanding a voice
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Anyone who wants to understand what's happening in the UK (and in different manifestations across Europe and the U.S.) instead of simply chalking it up to bigotry should read these articles by John Harris.
The UK is now two nations, staring across a political chasm
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Leave voters aren’t lemmings jumping off a cliff, and the left urgently needs to understand their choices
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'If you've got money, you vote in ... if you haven't got money, you vote out'
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Brexit is about more than the EU: it’s about class, inequality, and voters feeling excluded from politics. So how do we even begin to put Britain the right way up?
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And btw, Harris is a leftist Labour supporter who writes for the Guardian.
TLDR: The political establishment, including the left (maybe especially the left), have turned their back on the working class.