British Society, Aint it Great?

No, not really. It was, but that was in excess of thirty years ago. Times do, infact, change. For example, the British were once considered some of the most hard-working and proud people in the world, and now our unemployment and crime rates are at an all-time high. We have youths who can't say a single phrase without the use of the words "fucking", "sket" or "whore", if you will excuse my French. It's these same youths, or chavs, who stand outside the Jobcentre every week in Barnsley to collect their dole (benefits) money. The idea of benefits in the UK is that if you're unable to find work for any reason you have a short-term aid while you look for new employment. This is so abused.

Ask all the guys outside the Jobcentre if they're actually looking for a job, and a good 75% will tell you "nehw meyt, why would a'?" without a moment's hesitation. This makes me so mad when they spend a huge portion of taxpayers money on cigerettes, alcohol and illegal drugs, when in other countries families manage 1% of what these apes receive for free. In my opinion, limit unemployment benefits to six months unless the individual has a valid reason not to work. Or, at least slash the stupid amounts they receive.

On another issue, the British Police are not tough enough. Take the recent English riots as a great example; the Police were swarming the rioters, and still the arseholes felt no fear for the cops. That's because the Police walk up to you, hit you with a stick and repeat on another perpetrator. Where are the tazers, bullets and water cannons? I mean, they only have to use them as a last resort, but then at least the public would be better defended and the criminals would have some respect for the law.

Also on the justice system and the riots, a 20 year old abusive man got one day in prison for smashing shop windows, setting bins on fire and swearing at Police. But then there was another man with no criminal history, no abusive traits and a quite decent life who was very thirsty, saw that a shop had been looted and went in for a bottle of water. Come on, I know you shouldn't steal, but 6 months for some water when that first guy got 1 day?!?! What. The. Priorities; mixed up.

So what else is wrong with the UK? Well, we also happen to have a rich, pompous snob in power who knows nothing about the working class, being brought up in a protective bubble somewhere between the middle and upper classes. "Let's cut the budget on this", he says. "Let's cut the budget on that", he says. This and that are too commonly resources and services that are immensely important to the working class. "I know", he says, "let's cut public transport, public education and and social services - cos, well, let's face it - I don't need any of that stuff". I like how he hasn't cut the budgets for insignificant pleasures such as government-owned country clubs, golf courses and summer camps for rich kids (yes, we do have some here).

Now, what else is wrong with my country? Well there's false economy as well, I guess. But hey, that's worldwide. We just have it really bad here.
England used to take pride in engineering and producing some of the finest quality goods in the world, now we pay extortionate amounts of money for something that's likely to break before you've even had chance to use it properly. Nothing's built to last anymore. Whereas before, the ideology was "let's add this part to add stability and extend the product's life, thus improving society", now it's "let's take this part away to save money and hope it breaks so they have to buy another, further increasing our profits and filling my greedy pockets". I'm all up for Capitalism, but what went wrong with it? Can't we try and fix it? Please? Come on, don't make me go all socialistic =(

There's other things too, but this was just an article written to get my thoughts on cyber-paper so I can look back later and reflect.