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by Owen Ashworth

The default position for British parliamentarians is to use the brash tools of the state to fix any, and every, issue. When you realize that all of this is objectively true, you learn something that will never leave you: our elites are not very impressive people.

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/smashing-the-uks-statist-mindset/

Mainstream British political thought processes contain an epidemic of dreadful reasoning. Witness the average political interaction between “popular” British parliamentarians and voters, think through the reasoning of the topics discussed, and you will know exactly what is lacking. Unlike the remnants that remain on the American political scene, talk of philosophy and deeper economic beliefs are extinct. The United Kingdom is gripped by an election which acts as the perfect situation for our leaders to breakdown their deeper beliefs so that voters can truly understand whether they identify with them whilst effectively thinking through the reasoning behind their beliefs. This has not been the case in the UK for a long time; instead, voters are treated to non-tangible, ambiguous, and abstract babble about the imaginary sunlit uplands that will appear from renewed state intervention.

Bear witness to the commentary in this election and you will find no deliberation on why the state should take a larger role; certainly no discussion about if the state should have a role at all. The default position for British parliamentarians is to use the brash tools of the state to fix any, and every, issue. When you realize that all of this is objectively true, you learn something that will never leave you: our elites are not very impressive people. Absent a discussion on the necessity of state intervention, the United Kingdom will continue down the path of slow destruction and ruination.

The British population has spent the best part of a century demanding the state steps in to solve societal issues. Very little actual debate has been had as to whether the state should have such a role. The National Health Service has replaced religion in Britain, with any criticism levied at it seen as coming from a place of pure evil and hatred. This is despite it consistently underperforming relative to healthcare systems from around the world. Supporters may snipe back with rhetoric that the NHS has been grinded down by the Conservative Party, but even during Tony Blair’s premiership, it consistently underperformed relative to other countries despite record investment. The much hated £350 million investment figure on the side of the big red bus designated for the NHS during the Brexit campaign has been matched and exceeded, yet the NHS continues to underperform. At no stage of the discussion around how to make sure people have high quality healthcare has it been mentioned that perhaps continuous state intervention is not the answer.

The British pension system is nearing the end of the road due to our dizzying level of unfunded liabilities, yet the Conservative Party has made pledges to make our pension system more extensive. There is a complete lack of alert to the fact that the pension system is like a metaphorical Titanic; heading for disaster with very little knowledge of the impending ruin.

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