The tariff would be paid by the importer, so distributed amongst the consumer population, but the richer states like California or New York would pay less income tax. There would be a net loss to poo… (View Post)

I think we are nearly at the point in this discussion where the slaves and independence fighters of Empire should doff their caps to us in gratitude to us for enslaving them and stealing their lands. (View Post)

Yes, the slave trade and the industrial capitalism of Great Britain shared the same origins for their wealth. This is the extraction and alienation of labour from the value that it produced, with the… (View Post)

The Commonwealth no longer does our bidding, and why should it? After all KC3 is Head of State for a number of the countries pursuing reparations too. Sure we could have thrown our toys out of the pr… (View Post)

Yes, our addiction to junk food and takeaways is part of modern life, particularly the atomisation of family life. Households are smaller and individuals are not always around at the same time to eat… (View Post)