Yet I'd rather live in Britain than in Mississipi.

Paywalled.

Honestly the subhead could have been the headline if prefixed with "Britain:"

A case study in self-sabotage

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This is what happens when you have a country trying to become more American over time. We want European public services with American tax rates. What we've ended up with is American public services, and American tax rates, but with none of the political or economic power of America. The economy is hampered by the privatisation of necessities.

However, I also think comparing with America is disingenuous. I'd much rather live in a country where my government is semi-competent, versus one where it is totally incompetent. You couldn't pay me to live in America.

The US is an aggressive imperial nation that seeks dominance over nations globally, including its allies. Farage is the US' man in Britain and will govern on their behalf, opening up the UK to US capital and complete US dominance. We are being undermined and destabilised before being subsumed and stripped of our resources. This article in the Atlantic, a neocon outlet, is simply a propaganda puff piece for Farage, the US' man in Britain.

Farage will be a disaster, but international capital will make a killing. The US is a poor nation run by theives who have concentrated all wealth in their hands while 60% live on $40k or less. It is a cleptocracy. It's economy is a ponzi scheme built on the dollar's reserve currency advantage.

This article mixes small exagerated truths with bullshit.

This is a really interesting article and I encourage everyone to take the time and read it. Makes me feel bad for people in England.