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0 pointsusername3322112y ago0 comments

Oh, that's nothing. The Guardian carried articles against rail nationalization[1], because it was Boris Johnson that proposed it.

It's a post-ideological era that we live in. Nobody cares about taxes, incomes and the like any more.[2] The conflict is now red vs blue.

[1]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/20/great-...

[2] Apart from the occasional oligarch who buys a newspaper because he really cares about his own taxes.

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walthamstow2y ago

Oligarchs don't buy newspapers because they want to lower their tax bill. They already have the best accountants for that. They use them to gain power and influence in the host country. Usually with great success, as I'm sure Baron Lebvedev of Hampton and Siberia will attest.

throwawaymobule2y ago

I still find it a little funny that the colours of the two 'teams' are the reverse of what they are in the States.

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