I'm not overly familiar with what happened with the Royal Mail privatisation, but thank you for suggesting it as a subject, it sounds like something worth inves

I'm not overly familiar with what happened with the Royal Mail privatisation, but thank you for suggesting it as a subject, it sounds like something worth investigating further. I'm also not overly familiar with mainstream news media in other countries, but if you had to point the finger at any one group in terms of why there hasn't been more resistance in the UK to the dismantling of public institutions, a large portion of the blame lies with our crap mainstream news media. The public aren't kept informed about matters of substance, they're distracted by misinformation and personality politics. It may be a problem we share with other countries (from the outside, the US mainstream news media seems similar/worse), but it doesn't have to be this way. We could have mainstream news outlets that gave people a chance to get better informed about the issues being faced in their country/community. It's an essential part of society that is sadly missing, I don't think you can have an effective democracy (effective in the sense of standing up for public interest) without a well-informed public.