The strength of any society is not measured through its wealth, its art, its buildings but by how it treats its poorest and those in need of help.
Greed is measured though the collection of things. Strength is measured though our mutual love and respect for each other.
Greed is measured though the collection of things. Strength is measured though our mutual love and respect for each other.
https://twitter.com/5_News/status/1349069102955044864
This is enshrined in the stories we tell every child - "to steal from the rich, to give to the poor" ... it's embedded in our national psyche. It's why we find it so offensive that these companies exploit the poor in a pandemic. There should be no softness from Gov over this.
These companies should just be told that they are a national disgrace in a national emergency caused by the pandemic, they have broken the social contract and Gov is nationalising them with immediate effect with no compensation.
We have after all ... national sovereignty. That was the point of brexit, to give us that freedom to decide and choose our own rules. Those rules should reflect our society, our values including reciprocity and fairness. No-one would bat an eyelid if harsh action was taken ...
... because the story that we all learn, that is embedded within us is "steal from the rich to give to the poor" and not "steal from the poor to give to the rich".
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