hellothere

But what about Michael Green?

How woke of them.

Isn't he the one who beat the shit out of his ex?

Gang of ~~Four~~ One

Aaaand it appears to be dead already.

Cos they're mad.

If anyone actually believes the greens are meaningfully left wing then I have a bridge co-operative you can join.

They're just crusties who had a wash.

I mean, there's a whole bunch of reasons, but I don't think it's simply stupidity.

Some people didn't learn the critical thinking skills you have, some may well have "lost their job to an immigrant" (and not realise that it was actually their boss that fired them because they can exploit someone more vulnerable than them). Some are scared of change, some are suspicious of "outsiders" and haven't actually met any, and when they do realise everyone is just people.

And some are just dirty fucking racists, and they are absolutely stupid.

Presuming you're asking in good faith...

Because working class - read: poor and routinely fucked over - people have been repeatedly lied to that the reason they must remaining living in poverty and dying young is because of people receiving £49.18 per week.

Not the bosses, landlords, or billionaires, to whom 49 quid is a cheap lunch.

It is, but it's usually only available on the live version running off a USB to make it easier to modify the drives.

Does anyone else find a bit odd to phrase basic labour rights as 'perks'?

Yeah that's a better way of phrasing it.

It always comes across to me as a very american thing, specifically trying to make something feel older than it actually is.

I'm something like HelloThere XV because the firstborn son in my family has had the same name since at least the 1700s - even across language when we got forcibly relocated for sheep.

Would my future son be XVI? Sure - but they won't have the actual numerals.