UK is Fucked

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    "Not so long ago, Britain was the envy of the world. It had the world’s best healthcare system. You could walk down the street, go to the doctor, and literally have the world’s best healthcare on your doorstep. It had the world’s finest public broadcaster — the BBC. The middle class was expanding, growing in wealth and happiness. It was part of the world’s most successful political union, the EU — and Brits had the right to live and work across Europe, something that many Americans would kill for. Britain, too, had a special relationship, as it came to be called, with America — cousins in whiteness, in Anglo-ness, friends and allies and partners. Britain had one of the world’s highest qualities of life, period. It was a gentle, intelligent, warm, friendly, and wealthy society.

    That was just...a decade or two ago. And now? Britain is a failing state. Don’t take it from me, take it from former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. It’s a nation that imploded into stupidity, ugliness, hate, brutality, ignorance, greed, racism — all of which were on vivid display as Meghan Markle recounted how badly she’d been treated.

    So what happened to Britain? Nationalism did — it’s selfishness, arrogance, triumphalism. It’s bigotry, prejudice, and racism, too. Britain stopped wanting to be part of the modern world, an equal, a partner, a friend. It wanted to rule the world again. And so now...it isn’t part of the modern world, and it has no one left to rule, either."

    https://eand.co/how-britain-beca…

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    • Powerful article, is this any true? I mean nationalism is more prevalent worldwide for that matter, not exclusive to the UK, but the rest of it?grafician
    • i remember when the verve where the talk of europe. and now!kingsteven
    • The irony of an article this dumb (judging by this excerpt) being about 'how Britain became the dumbest society in the world'NonEntity
    • We had the 'world's best healthcare' lolNonEntity
    • The middle class was growing 'in happiness'. Fuck me, that is some retarded shit right there.NonEntity
    • Haha what a ridiculous take. Rose tinted glasses much?TOMMYxGUNN
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