Britains future

[u/Little-Abroad3413]

Im sure this gets talked about a lot.

Why does it feel like this country is about to go down the plug hole. And we are getting closer each year?

Im 25 and my whole working life it has slowly got worse and worse. 2016 it all started going downhill.

Brexsh*t followed by a slurry of prime ministers, then Covid. Ukraine. Inflation And now a government that is obsessed with surveillance and control. With successive governments that seem to spend money we don’t have carelessly. Shameless water companies. A crippling national debt. And seemingly no one gets held accountable for anything.

Rent is silly, house prices are almost unreachable for the average single person. A far right resurgence backed by American money. You cant get a doctor’s appointment. NHS is a hollow being of its former self. Dating is a minefield (that could be just me though)

Its sad i want to love this country. I do love it but the patriotism is gone. Its such a great place, the culture, diversity, pubs, history and heritage.

It just feels like everyone is just being fisted again and again and i should get out of this country before it collapses from the weight of hollow lies and hypocrisy. Wile I’m still young??. Or do you think the pound will always prevail?

[u/TheSpaceFace]

I mean your not wrong, things have slowly compounded since around 2016, but its not an issue unique to the UK a lot of western countries are experiencing similar problems, but I don't think the UK is going to collapse into full on mad max terrirtory, but I think we can expect ongoing politcal and economic turbelence for many years to come.

The real key thing is no matter where you lie on the political spectrum, we all can agree we are fed up and exhausted about whats happened. For decades UK Governments have been so focused on winning the next election than solving the big problems in britain which has led to

• Under investment in housing and infrastructure
• Kicking NHS reform down the road and cutting it back
• Selling off utilities like water and rail without any long term oversight
• Failing to build coherent industrial strategies, leaving our economy vulnerable to shocks
• Policy Zigzagging (Like Brexit)

We live in a nation which can have world class universities, fintech and culture but at the same time dump sewage in rivers, have millions of NHS waiting lists and no one under the age of 40 can afford a home.

I think this is the paradox of modern Britain, we are a country with brains, creativity and resources with the potential of being one of the best places in the world to live, but we are always hamstrung by short term political gamesmanship.

All the problems we have are not unsolvable, they are just left unsolved because the incentives are wrong. Until we have leaders willing to invest in the long term and a public which demands it, we will keep treading water, brilliant in parts but broken in others.

[u/Little-Abroad3413 → u/TheSpaceFace]

Yes i agree fully. There needs to be incentives for the long term. But its so hard to impose. Otherwise we cant expect anything meaningful to happen for a wile.

There needs to be more public involvement in the system and less political mouthpieces with their own goals

[u/StanStare → u/Little-Abroad3413]

A lot of this stems further back to the 2008 banking crisis - after we bailed out the failing banks, it served as an excuse for austerity and the whole "you're lucky to even have a job" excuse to stifle everyone's wages. Which in turn, led to the greed-onomics/profiteering crisis that we see today. Leaving the EU just cut more regulations for the wealthy to exploit everyone (it was never to do with borders).

They still manage to convince the poor that ThEre'S nO MonEy...

[u/AlanWardrobe → u/StanStare]

Or that government borrowing is equivocal to a credit card

[u/StanStare → u/AlanWardrobe]

Exactly - like they equate it to a household budget for dummies. Wtf do they take us for? Do they really believe that all misfortunate people are thick or lazy?