I agree with GD again. Concepts are confusing and always obfuscatory in that they hide Reality. I think CD is using them to hide behind to bolster his own egocentricity and fear (which is what most of us do, most of the time in myriad ways). He is right in that the media promote simplistic conceptual thinking for economic and political gain (they are not separate). The welfare system has failings for sure, but as Daz and GD point out, the alternative is shit - look at India or God forbid America. I am happy to pay taxes to see a country that at least aims for general well being and equality and does not put the pursuit of wealth above all else; I am less happy to see those taxes wasted and misdirected by the idiots that pass for our government, for example by bailing out incompetent and greedy banks and through crap like PFI projects and deregulation which steals to line the pockets of the "giants" and their shareholding minions.
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