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I just roll my eyes when some of the very same people who rightly bemoan the woes of the nation, with so many idiots catapulted into positions of power, want to protect the very existing system which creates the talentless Hancocks and Hardings etc of this world.

Spending your own money on a decent lawnmower harms no one and deprives no one - spending your own money on sending your idiot kid to a private school to increase their chances of ending up in an inappropriate position of power and hence able mess up the country potentially harms the country and is manifestly unfair on kids whose parents can't afford to do the same.

Doesn't bother me personally - life has been absurdly good to me - but if you want a better country start giving every kid the same opportunities so the genuine cream rises to the top.

There will still be rich and poor, powerful and powerless, but you will have fewer idiots calling the shots and the obscene chasm between the wealthiest and the most poverty stricken will narrow a little.

It's a no brainer tbh - meritocracy benefits the vast majority in the long run.

<blockquote data-quote="Ian_Davies" data-source="post: 2681277" data-attributes="member: 66646">I just roll my eyes when some of the very same people who rightly bemoan the woes of the nation, with so many idiots catapulted into positions of power, want to protect the very existing system which creates the talentless Hancocks and Hardings etc of this world.Spending your own money on a decent lawnmower harms no one and deprives no one - spending your own money on sending your idiot kid to a private school to increase their chances of ending up in an inappropriate position of power and hence able mess up the country potentially harms the country and is manifestly unfair on kids whose parents can&#039;t afford to do the same.Doesn&#039;t bother me personally - life has been absurdly good to me - but if you want a better country start giving every kid the same opportunities so the genuine cream rises to the top.There will still be rich and poor, powerful and powerless, but you will have fewer idiots calling the shots and the obscene chasm between the wealthiest and the most poverty stricken will narrow a little.It&#039;s a no brainer tbh - meritocracy benefits the vast majority in the long run.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ian_Davies, post: 2681277, member: 66646"] I just roll my eyes when some of the very same people who rightly bemoan the woes of the nation, with so many idiots catapulted into positions of power, want to protect the very existing system which creates the talentless Hancocks and Hardings etc of this world. Spending your own money on a decent lawnmower harms no one and deprives no one - spending your own money on sending your idiot kid to a private school to increase their chances of ending up in an inappropriate position of power and hence able mess up the country potentially harms the country and is manifestly unfair on kids whose parents can't afford to do the same. Doesn't bother me personally - life has been absurdly good to me - but if you want a better country start giving every kid the same opportunities so the genuine cream rises to the top. There will still be rich and poor, powerful and powerless, but you will have fewer idiots calling the shots and the obscene chasm between the wealthiest and the most poverty stricken will narrow a little. It's a no brainer tbh - meritocracy benefits the vast majority in the long run. [/QUOTE]

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