A profound and important view about the needs of all people, not just the wealthy: Britons have become so mean that many of us think poor people don’t deserve leisure time
At a time when benefits and wages in real terms are falling at their, the smallest signs of pleasure are taken as proof that those on low incomes are not really struggling. Been to McDonald’s lately? Then your wages must be fine. Have a smartphone for job searches? Then universal credit is clearly too high.
It is the Victorian workhouse mentality repackaged for the iPhone era, in which the poor and sick are expected to endure a certain level of suffering as penance for their failings. In this context, the idea that people in minimum wage jobs should have to go without a TV is not an error of the economy – it is a punishment for the crime of not being productive enough.
Before you know it, celebrating Christmas will be a privilege saved for those in the higher tax bands. It would be easy to say the left should have bigger priorities. When millions of people are struggling to afford food and gas, it can feel frivolous to argue for the right to hobbies or socialising. But all of this speaks to fundamental questions.
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