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Maybe I am too quick to judge but this strikes me as a completely uncalled for US-centric know it all take.

• anonymouskimmer 3y ago
  This is a standard critique of capitalism, mercantilism, feudalism, state communism, and whatever your -ism of choice is. It's been done the world over for millennia. Every time someone in power or privilege has said "we must all sacrifice for the greater good" - the sacrifice is disproportionate, and those disproportionately affected have grumbled about it. Every time someone has said "we must preserve this particular thing", the preservation has been at the disproportionate expense of others, and those so affected have grumbled about it.
  • ChuckNorris89 3y ago
    Of course, "sacrifice for thee, not for mee". See the Bank of England chief telling everyone they need to accept we're now all poorer otherwise inflation will never stop. Of course, by "us all being poorer" he most likely didn't include the wealthy elites and asset owning class that have made bank these past years and are in no way poorer than before, quite the contrary. It was the same during covid. "We all need to scarifice to ...." meant something else entirely.
    • anonymouskimmer 3y ago
      Oh, we must all sacrifice the right to sleep on the street. Even the richest among us. :D