Totally agree with all of that, just sad that things are getting worse and the only people benefiting from the decline in standard of living in the UK are billionaires, whether they are white or brown.

I feel like it is a sign of declining empire, turning inwards due to reduced avenues for exploitation overseas, but I don't know if that means anything right now. Maybe it's nothing to do with declining empire at all, and due totally to self-destructive neolib brain worms.

Like you say, we are probably going to descend into fascism first, and even after that it is a complete gamble what takes its place.