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Originally Posted by Osem
Oh right so it's happening in spite of the EU? I thought one of the reasons being cited to be in the EU is protecting workers' rights. Don't; forget, we're all going to be slaves with our rights torn up if we dare to leave.  |
Not sure I get where you're coming from? Absolute poverty is not really that relevant to the UK. It's third world countries were it was more endemic. I was pointing out the weird contrast between the fact that inequality is increasing whilst absolute poverty is decreasing. These though are global trends.
Workers rights is a different, very Western, issue which isn't really the same issue as income inequality. We do have better workers rights than the US though if that's your point?
But workers rights is different to income inequality. They're not the same issue.