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Britain and the US: How the Oligarchies Posing as Democracies have Been Exposed

Anyone looking at the current state of the United States and the United Kingdom – the former bitterly divided with a hooligan running for president again, the latter both literally and figuratively falling to pieces around our ears – would be justified in adding some expletives to the question: what has gone wrong with what were once touted as leading examples of democracies?

It would take an entire book to answer that fully. A short answer is that neither the US nor the UK is a democracy in much more than name.

What should be the exclusive duty of government – to serve the economic, social and security interests and welfare of all the people – is subordinated to what will play well enough for enough voters to ensure the governing party’s re-election.

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/09/05/britain-and-the-us-how-the-oligarchies-posing-as-democracies-have-been-exposed/

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'Britain and the US: How the Oligarchies Posing as Democracies have Been Exposed' – Byline Times

Something even worse than government run by politicians is government run by politics, writes AC Grayling

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Guy Hands: ‘I thought Brexit was frankly nuts’

“What Brexit was largely about was people at the top being able to employ the rest of the country for a lot less and pay a lot less tax,” he says.

Hands should know. He is one of those people at the top, a former Tory donor who is the founder and chair of Terra Firma, a private equity firm he founded. It has made him a multi-millionaire and one of the best-known figures in the British financial system.

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/guy-hands-i-thought-brexit-was-frankly-nuts/

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Guy Hands: ‘I thought Brexit was frankly nuts’

The financier and former Tory donor says leaving the EU was a plan by the rich to make themselves richer and the poor poorer

‘Tax us now’: ultra-rich call on governments to introduce wealth taxes

"The current lack of action is gravely concerning. A meeting of the global elite in #Davos to discuss ‘cooperation in a fragmented world’ is pointless if you aren’t challenging the root cause of division,

“Defending #democracy & building cooperation requires action to build fairer economies right now – it is not a problem that can be left for our children to fix.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/18/tax-us-now-ultra-rich-wealth-tax-davos

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