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Aaron Bastani

@AaronBastani

Co-Founder @novaramedia. Author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Next book on politics and economics of an ageing planet.

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Can you imagine the response from talking heads in the U.K. if this was happening with Trump in the White House?

It would be fascism, end of American democracy, end of America, end of the world…

But Biden is in office, so no big deal.

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Can you imagine how the British media would report entirely peaceful senior academics being arrested and handcuffed at protests in China? They would, rightly, call it an authoritarian outrage.

So what’s this?

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Socialists on 2040:

“…we’ll have super intelligent AI, machine learning across much of economy, cancer vaccines will be normal & we’ll have eliminated thousands of inherited conditions. The challenges will be inequality, housing, ageing & climate”

Liberals on 2040:

“Brexit”

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On my train to London there’s not a tea trolley - let alone sandwiches!

Some trains to Brighton don’t even have a toilet!

I just want trains as affordable, and efficient, as Germany. That’s it. The fact that’s outlandish to Tory politicians says a great deal about them.

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If Ukraine loses, after the U.S. establishment expended massive political capital on sending this cash through to Kyiv, it’s fair to say it will have major political implications.

It could impact U.S. foreign policy for a generation - creating a consensus for isolationism.

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Brits use ticketmaster (USA) to buy tickets, Expedia to travel (USA), Uber to get around (USA), Tinder and Grindr to hook up (USA), Netflix, AppleTv and Amazon prime for movies (USA), Air BnB for a place to stay (USA), Amazon to buy stuff (USA), Zoopla to buy houses (USA), Slack…

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