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I think if I was born into real real poverty in the UK, I think it's kind of a bit of a fantasy that I would — I think it would be a lot more challenging for me to be sat here with you right now. And I think that people don't want to engage with that too much because also a lot of our culture is saturated with these ideas of rags to riches stories and people overcoming. And I think for the most part it's a fantasy.

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1w ago

If you're under the age of 40 what you have witnessed is in addition to co you've witnessed this transfer of wealth and opportunity from your generation to older generations incredible income inequality what feels like a coarseness and a meanness that runs through our uh politics and a general acceptance that it's okay not to care about the lower middle class and the prospects of the young.

4w ago

If we had a drug that reduced suicide rates by 60%, increased your likelihood of getting married by 80%, massively increased the likelihood that you decided to run for public office, doubled your income. If we had that pill, would we hoard that pill? Would we let the cost of that drug quadruple? Well, we have that pill. It's called higher education.

4mo ago

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