Britons have become so mean that many of us think poor people don’t deserve leisure time | Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
This is the Victorian workhouse mentality repackaged for the iPhone era, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
    • Arrakis@feddit.ukEnglish
      283·
      1 year ago

      What have US labour laws got to do with British attitudes on poverty?

      Or is Reddit’s American exceptionalism leaking again

      • tal@kbin.social
        42·
        1 year ago

        Reddit’s

        Gotta unlearn that muscle memory. “Threadiverse”.

        • Arrakis@feddit.ukEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          You don’t see the exceptionalism as much on the Fedi as you did on Reddit, but you’re right!

      • SporadicSpiral@lemmy.mlEnglish
        419·
        1 year ago

        Didn’t realize miserable treatment of the working poor is a uniquely UK problem, you absolute ass.

        • Arrakis@feddit.ukEnglish
          121·
          1 year ago

          Or is Reddit’s American exceptionalism leaking again

          You could have just answered “yes”. No need to be insulting, deary.

        • doublejay@kbin.social
          71·
          1 year ago

          one fascinating thing I learned about this sub, is that the UK in UK_Politics actually standards for United Kingdom.

        • Arrakis@feddit.ukEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          Or is Reddit’s American exceptionalism leaking again

          You could have just answered “yes”. No need to be insulting, dear.