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Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

Question for Labour supporters here, do you honestly hand on heart think is a good PM and is doing a good job ?
He has lurched from scandal to scandal, lies, broken promises, U-turns and now today
Surely he has shot his bolt

Hos parliamentary party are not doing as they are told that is the weakness- I don’t see any problem in him myself.

Anyone who replaces him will be even weaker.
 
I'm replying separately to your first point because I think it's very interesting.
I think people are more unsatisfied and that's leading them to be unhappy.
There is a constant message of you deserve better, but no can deliver it.
For 1st worlders, capitalism's goal is to convince you that consumption and consumerism will make you happy. The message is relentless. Eventually most people realise that it won't fill the void in their lives. The sooner you learn this lesson, the better your life will be, IMO.

Actually that reminds me of a good line in a Fr John Misty song....
From time to time we all get a bit restless
With no one advertising to us constantly
 
For 1st worlders, capitalism's goal is to convince you that consumption and consumerism will make you happy. The message is relentless. Eventually most people realise that it won't fill the void in their lives. The sooner you learn this lesson, the better your life will be, IMO.

Actually that reminds me of a good line in a Fr John Misty song....
From time to time we all get a bit restless
With no one advertising to us constantly

Bingo!
I consider it one of the greatest strokes of fortune in my life that I realised this as a young teenager and have lived a life appropriate ever since. Had (and still having) an overall amazing time, but not 'stacked with material wealth' at all (although we do have decent pension stuff). But yeah, minimal physical things.

I think this is one of the best non-Spurs posts I have ever read here mate!
 
Bingo!
I consider it one of the greatest strokes of fortune in my life that I realised this as a young teenager and have lived a life appropriate ever since. Had (and still having) an overall amazing time, but not 'stacked with material wealth' at all (although we do have decent pension stuff). But yeah, minimal physical things.

I think this is one of the best non-Spurs posts I have ever read here mate!
Well thank you for the compliment.

I dare say you are an exception in this regard, having this epiphany so young. Some never have it. I realised it much later, in my thirties, probably triggered by the passing of my mother. Another lesson I took that day was that time is more important than money, so I quit my high-paying stressful as fudge job soon after and have never looked back. I have enough.

I saw someone posting one of Elon's tweets the other day, where he said that '...money doesn't buy you happiness...'. I am delighted this soulless husk is as miserable as fudge, but I doubt he'll take the right lessons from it.
 
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