The Radicalisation of the Poor.

It seems to me talking to various friends, that there is a rising radicalisation amongst the poor.

It's been several decades now since the poor were really, truly represented in politics and in Parliament.

That was bad enough, but now Parliament is actively enacting policies that directly impact the lives of the poor.

Whether it's climate change legislation, the piss-poor energy policy in this country or  whole host of things, they directly make the lives of the working poor worse. The plight of the poor doesn't matter any more. We are effectively invisible from a political perspective. 

Lets start with local government. Local Ultra Low Emission Zones are springing up in various towns and cities across the country. Directly impacting those too poor to buy a car that complies with the legislation.

A decent car is at least 3-4 thousand pounds these days. Not an insubstantial sum for someone earning just over minimum wage.

The introduction of ULEZ across the country has artificially inflated the cost of cars that comply

Then I mentioned last week, there is the cost of Vehicle Excise Duty or Road Tax as most people call it. £700 a year for a car costing £1500. 

Now the poor are being kettled into 15 minute cities with fines if they step above their station and try to move anywhere in the car they can barely afford.

It seems the personal freedoms of the poor are under attack. 

Thanks to globalism the poor compete with people in China, India and Malaysia for wages, so the wages of the poor have been under attack for decades. The Brexit vote was a vote against globalism and the rise of corporate government. 

Even if the poor want to better themselves the cost to start a business is increasing as the rules are ever more restrictive and ant-competitive. The corporate government works to cement the big corporations in power and prevents any competition.

I just wonder how long the poor will continue to withstand this onslaught?

However, time is slim: the rise of AI and robots threatens unskilled manual labour. If the poor want to show their disapproval then the time is now.

We are not represented politically, so there is only one course of action: a general strike.

Even middle-class jobs are threatened by AI. It would be good if they joined in as well. The middle classes should join a General Strike because they are threatened by AI as much as the working classes have been hit by globalism,

This is an assault on the working population by global corporations. The working classes have suffered reductions in wages, the ignominy of zero hours contracts, loss of job security. 

The middle classes will be next, as AI starts to make inroads into the law, education, the arts, etc. It will not be long before a full length photo-realistic film is created by AI, from writing the screenplay to creating the photo-realistic visuals, AI will pitch an idea, write the screenplay and create the film itself. Once it understands what sells, then the process will become almost automatic.

AI will be able to scan the law and create new legislation. It will be able to scan millions of documents and create cases for the defence. Currently it's not quite real-time, but there may come a time when a pair of computers both prosecute and defend cases. Human lawyers will be out of a job, because who will rely on a fallible human up against an AI that can instantly scan all the documents ever created to make case law? There will be no contest, the AI will always win.

AI wins in education too. It will be able to assess the child's abilities and then teach them in the most appropriate manner. There will be no "one-size-fits-all" education system. Instead each child will have an education tailored to their needs. And no doubt the needs of the corporate sponsors, who will eventually be running the country. 

That's the future the corporation want for us, the workers. Them in charge, making maximum profits for those that can afford shares, whilst the former workers become the under-class.