I feel like the UK has been here before.
After WWII, Britain went very socialist. By the 1970s, they had nationalized a number of industries, and the economy was stagnant. That’s why the voters turned to Margaret Thatcher. They wanted her to dig the country out of the hole that socialism had made.
The media — as far as I can tell — managed to convince the public that, yes, the UK was in a hole — and it was 100% Thatcher’s fault. So the voters got rid of Thatcher. And they have spent more than 30 years since, going more and more in a socialist and globalist direction.
Now the public is (once again) tired of the socialism and eager to try something different. And the media — as far as I can tell — is making the suggestion that more socialism is the fix they need. Certainly you don’t want to do anything stupid like go in the direction Thatcher suggested.
> And the media — as far as I can tell — is making the suggestion that more socialism is the fix they need.
Burnham is selling that to the voters or trying to he’s trying to put down any malaise to too much free market, etc.
He wants to nationalize everything