Yes, that's it, the sneaky bait & switch! ...I take it as a sign of complete 'capture' of our political establishments by outside interests, because all the parties do it to us, and across so many countries. It certainly tells us who they believe their *real* bosses to be... hint: not us.
They say what they need to get elected, and then once elected they proceed with risible nonsense like "Building Back Better" ...
...aka "After we have destroyed civil society, prosperity and social mobility then we will BUILD systems to concentrate all power and wealth BACK into our hands like feudal times, which will be much BETTER for us elites. You're welcome peasants!"
Not really what this democracy business is supposed to be about! :/
"“From the time I took office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, I began to learn that the State held, in the face of the Bank and the City, an essentially false position as to finance. The Government itself was not to be a substantive power, but was to leave the Money Power supreme and unquestioned.”"
Yes, that's it, the sneaky bait & switch! ...I take it as a sign of complete 'capture' of our political establishments by outside interests, because all the parties do it to us, and across so many countries. It certainly tells us who they believe their *real* bosses to be... hint: not us.
They say what they need to get elected, and then once elected they proceed with risible nonsense like "Building Back Better" ...
...aka "After we have destroyed civil society, prosperity and social mobility then we will BUILD systems to concentrate all power and wealth BACK into our hands like feudal times, which will be much BETTER for us elites. You're welcome peasants!"
Not really what this democracy business is supposed to be about! :/
Gladstone (prior to WWI)
"“From the time I took office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, I began to learn that the State held, in the face of the Bank and the City, an essentially false position as to finance. The Government itself was not to be a substantive power, but was to leave the Money Power supreme and unquestioned.”"
and so it continues.