It was a trading thing too. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the rise of Islam, Western Europe was so poor that all it had to trade with the much richer East was slaves. The Vikings act… (View Post)

Deciding whether to send in the Marinara Corp? (View Post)

Yeah me too and it really annoyed me which in turn made me feel ungenerous. I think the perception of fairness is a really important driver in politics that explains a lot of contrary positions that … (View Post)

I agree that it was badly handled but if you're going to try and rebuild trust in the benefits system then it needs to be spread evenly regardless of how much it raises. People who don't need benefit… (View Post)

There's also fairness from the other end though. One of the consequences of Blair era welfare reforms was that a lot of objectively well off people started getting benefits. Winter Fuel Allowance and… (View Post)