In Victorian England, the wealthy invented the ‘public’. Because their society was collapsing under the…

In Victorian England, the wealthy invented the ‘public’. Because their society was collapsing under the weight of infectious disease. After WW2 the welfare State was created to save society. The wealthy ever since have been trying to remove the public, and its welfare state. /1 https://t.co/RtDD7xIwZp

With Covid and climate change we’re seeing the endgame of that push of the past 50 years, by what we call neoliberals, and political libertarians. ‘Small government’ politics is really just them trying to extinguish the public again, and the welfare state that supports it. /2

Many feel astonished that basic problems with the health and survival of ordinary people leave political and business leaders completely unmoved. But they’ve always been completely unmoved by these things. The only thing that caused them to pay any attention to them at all…/3

…was fears for the ongoing ‘economic’ stability of their own lives. If their beloved (and fictitious) ‘economy’ is impacted, then they act. If not, know your place, peasants. This is the true politics of ours and every age. Hidden in plain sight. /end