On this day, 14 May 1938, the players of the #England football team raised their arms to give the #Nazi "Heil #Hitler" salute before a match in Berlin. They had been instructed to do so directly by the #British Foreign Office. Reportedly the players at first refused, until the British ambassador and Football Association secretary intervened and ordered them to do so. At the time the British government was pursuing a policy of appeasement of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, and shortly after signed an agreement permitting Germany’s annexation of parts of then-Czechoslovakia. Much of the British ruling class supported Hitler, as well as the dictatorships in #Italy, #Spain and #Portugal, as bulwarks against communism and an organised working class. According to his biographer one of the players, Stan Cullis, would not perform the salute and was dropped from the team for that match as a result.

And today, UK special forces are fighting together with Azov battalion nazi thugs against Russia.


#eu #europe #european #capitalism #nazi #germany #history #football #Berlin #1938

There is no job and no relationship worth your mental wealth. When you have mental wealth, no other kind of wealth matters.

#mentalwellness #capitalism

Two centuries of #bankfailures in a single chart... and the extraordinary period of stability between 1950 & 1970.

Whatever #bankers may claim about the 'problem' of regulation & the hand of the state, as @RichardJMurphy pointed out this morning - this is the period where Kenynsianism shaped public policy & delivered financial stability...

If you wanted an illustration of why #capitalism works best when it is regulated carefully, this would be it.

Bernie Sanders has a new book on crapitalism!

OK, OK, I'm using a new Firefox add-on called "Crapitalism" and it's hilarious! The word "Capitalism" on a webpage is always replaced with "Crapitalism". It's a little inside joke between me and my browser.

If you're looking for a fun way to critique the current economic system, download it on the Firefox add-ons page. Let's start a crapitalist revolution one webpage at a time!💩💰

#capitalism #crapitalism #Firefox #add-on #economicprank #justforfun

Just over four million mortgages are projected to be issued next year, versus eight million in 2021.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-consumer-loan-delinquencies-seen-surging-13-year-high-2023-study-2022-12-14/

That's half as many. That shall have a large effect on the market.

Why is it, when one of the flagships of capitalism takes on water, the announcement is a sentence at the end of some news article?

#Capitalism #realestate

Life in a low-security prison isn't all that bad. Do as you're told, and you get fed, and a warm and dry place to sleep. The worst part is just knowing that you're in prison: no matter in which direction you turn, you'll encounter a wall. The punishment is more mental than anything else.

#Capitalism

"Energy firms’ licence conditions protect many vulnerable people from formal disconnection over the winter ... but transferring households on to PPMs [pre-pay meters], which require regular top-ups and charge for #energy at a higher rate, often prompted people in debt to “self-disconnect”.

For cash-strapped households, being moved from a credit meter to a #PPM can mean the difference between having heating, or not..."

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/29/calls-for-uk-ban-on-pre-payment-meter-installations-made-under-court-warrants

#Capitalism #Futurism