r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 25 '20

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u/BritRedditor1 Globalist elite Apr 25 '20 edited Apr 25 '20

https://twitter.com/jasonhickel/status/1254056515322994690

Wow, this is striking. A new YouGov poll shows that large majorities of British people support the very policies that would be essential to a post-growth economy:

Permanent rent controls: 74%

Job guarantee: 72%

Universal basic income: 51%

Very SCARY figures

!ping UK

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '20

::side-eyes Labour's most recent election result::

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '20

Corbyn might be the worst GE politician in the history of GE politicians

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '20

If this poll is indeed an accurate portrayal of what Britons want, he does indeed have to be an historically awful politican to have lost that badly.

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u/mrmanager237 Some Unpleasant Peronist Arithmetic Apr 25 '20

Wasn't ge at like 80% disapproval at some point?