- I think you mentioned some issues on the other thread which reminded me of this article.Original Post Deleted
Not sure how people in the UK are going to like being compared to the US - but as an outsider who hears stories from dozens of friends who have expat-ed from the UK and visit often, this is what I also feel is happening to the UK.
Whatever the operative thinking, austerity’s manifestations are palpable and omnipresent. It has refashioned British society, making it less like the rest of Western Europe, with its generous social safety nets and egalitarian ethos, and more like the United States, where millions lack health care and job loss can set off a precipitous plunge in fortunes.Wealthy Britons remain among the world’s most comfortable people, enjoying lavish homes, private medical care, top-notch schools and restaurants run by chefs from Paris and Tokyo. The poor, the elderly, the disabled and the jobless are increasingly prone to Kafka-esque tangles with the bureaucracy to keep public support.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/w...y-poverty.html