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·
    11 months 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·
      11 months ago

      Reddit’s

      Gotta unlearn that muscle memory. “Threadiverse”.

      • Arrakis@feddit.ukEnglish
        4·
        11 months 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·
      11 months ago

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

      • Arrakis@feddit.ukEnglish
        121·
        11 months 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·
        11 months 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·
        11 months ago

        Or is Reddit’s American exceptionalism leaking again

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