I had something of a whinge at my MP on Friday about how we are failing to get our message out about why, especially at times like this, socialism (in its broadest sense of giving a shit about people other than ourselves) is really needed. We need to change the narratives, the ones that David Cameron is so successful at selling. We need to be so clear with people about how selfish capitalism got us into this mess and how selfish capitalism is the last thing that can save us from it.

That is all tied up with the loss of egalitarianism, as you say.  Now we are getting stuck in a vicious cycle of people's expectations and demands, and the need to meet those in order to get into a position where you can begin to do something about it, in order to try to change the narrative, when you've been forced to perpetuate the narrative to get there...

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