Oh… well still, the British empire still existed during post WW2.. and also, that wasn’t socialism. That was capitalism. In fact, after doing a bit of research, I found that Britain was the first country to implement capitalism and has been great from there. Also, I will admit a small error, as I did say that the potato famine during the British Empire was similar to socialism, yet I was wrong, as public ownership was not there yet, but the rest of my points still stand as public ownership of things controlled by the government have damaging consequences and that’s what should worry socialists, as in socialism, nothing you have is actually yours, including the car you drive or the house you live in. We believe in a capitalist society because they allow people to actually own the things they buy, including the house, car, etc. Socialism takes that away from us and I do not want to live a life where we own nothing and that all the hard work I do is pointless if I’m earning the same paycheck compared to someone who just lounges around all day doing nothing for society. That’s socialism in its finest, or even communism at its extreme.
youre gonna want to sit down for this
things werent publicly owned during the bulk of the british empire
i know, shocking
turns out the only socialist party that have ever formed a government in the uk werent even founded until 1900
do you think british history is “british empire ft irish potato famine → modern britain”
yeah trade unions werent even legal until about 20 years after the irish potato famine
i was referring to between the post-war period until the devil incarnate was elected, where there was strong support for nationalisation, strong trade unions, heavy regulation, higher taxes, and an extensive welfare state (that period being the only period where you could say that the uk was quite socialist)
do even the slightest amount of research first please because i just cant be bothered dealing with you any more
That is NOT what I’m saying. I never said that the UK was socialist, never. Where did I ever mention in my posts, “The UK was socialist?” It’s not there because I don’t think that way. Please read it in context before assuming such BS. I was saying that the UK publicly owned things (which was a part of your argument), and that it was similar to socialism, not that it’s the same thing. They are not the same and that was never my claim. Please please please actually read it in context before twisting my words like this. Thank you.
i can't be fucked with this anymore
you’re saying victorian-era britain was socialist
read a book. literally just any book