The Eve Of Destruction

[poliphilo]

Bosses at the FTSE 100 companies saw their pay rise by 49% last year.

They know it's unpopular, they know it's antisocial, but they just can't help themselves. It's sad, really. They're addicts.

This can't go on, can it- the very rich getting very much richer as everybody else gets poorer? 

I know it sounds melodramatic- and I've been trying to avoid saying it for that reason- but I think we're living in pre-revolutionary times.

Comments

[trixibelle-net.livejournal.com]

It certainly feels like something is going to happen...but I wonder if people always feel that way and then change comes and you don't notice it, or it takes such a long time that it doesn't feel remarkable until long after the event.
Living 'on the continent' and having a sort of bird's eye view of Britain really makes you feel you are watching, rather than in amongst things. Mind you, the feeling of something imminent is strong here too...it's just I can't understand the press here yet and can't pick up the general feeling.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Who knows? My feeling is the political systems (and politicians) we have in place aren't adequate to deal with situation that is developing- and they're going to get kicked about a bit.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

I hope so.