Why has the basic logic of austerity been accepted by everyone? Because solidarity has come to be viewed as a scourge
By David Graeber
The Guardian, Wednesday 26 March 2014
"What I can't understand is, why aren't people rioting in the
streets?" I hear this, now and then, from people of wealthy and powerful
backgrounds. There is a kind of incredulity. "After all," the subtext
seems to read, "we scream bloody murder when anyone so much as threatens
our tax shelters; if someone were to go after my access to food or
shelter, I'd sure as hell be burning banks and storming parliament.
What's wrong with these people?"
It's a good question. One would
think a government that has inflicted such suffering on those with the
least resources to resist, without even turning the economy around,
would have been at risk of political suicide. Instead, the basic logic
of austerity has been accepted by almost everyone. Why? Why do
politicians promising continued suffering win any working-class
acquiescence, let alone support, at all?
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