Covid-19 has exposed the UK’s social crisis
During this, after this, we have to start being straight with eachother about meritocratic ideologies. Of blind faith in free market capitalism. How those narratives are a straight up political choice to ignore the most vulnerable.
To Be A Man
My struggles growing up within a society which wants to dictate to you what it means to be a man.
The myth of the self-made man
To believe in the existence of a meritocracy, its fundamental that we believe any person can achieve success through hard work. But is any person truly self-made?
Taming the 'Bewildered Herd' - Social class and the Establishment
Is there such a thing as class? Who holds power in society? The functionings of a democracy depend on the majority taking part, or not taking part in elections, but if having that power means mobilisation of voters could enforce systemic change, what, or who are in place to stop that from happening?