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> it sounds good, but in practice is wildly bad at what it’s trying to do, and can be borderline evil. The UK's DWP is a good example (and I'd suggest they cro
by zimpenfish 1y ago
> it sounds good, but in practice is wildly bad at what it’s trying to do, and can be borderline evil.
The UK's DWP is a good example (and I'd suggest they crossed the border a long time ago into evil.)
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-68727007 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-68727007
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20nrv02vz1o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20nrv02vz1o
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-67704644 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-6770464...
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-52500385 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-525003...
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51756783 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51756783
That's just a simple BBC search - going through Private Eye, for example, would bring up a lot more.
- spwa4 1y agoYeah the UK seems to be sprinting towards becoming a third world country with massive inequality just to protect the government's own spending power and of course completely accidentally, the wealth of the rich. There's "Gary's economics" discussing it, even though the usual economic comment somehow seems to escape him. (that would be "what about creative destruction" btw)