JNugent
2024-03-18 11:04:44 UTC
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/16/creatives-leaving-london-and-for-the-first-time-i-understand-why>
[within an article by one Barbara Ellen, complaining about "creatives"
[sic] moving out of, or not moving to, London, in favour of Glasgow and
other provincial metro areas]
QUOTE:
"In my youth, it was entirely possible to live in London rent-free.
Alternative types often didn’t even consider renting. It was: break in,
move in, no biggie. Then, there was the vibrant dole culture (sometimes
dubbed the dole-ocracy) of 70s/80s/90s renown. Look at any list of
artists from these eras, and chances are they spent a considerable
period signing on and/or living in squats..."
ENDQUOTE
So the Golden Age for entitled "creatives" revolved around the enabling
actions of breaking and entering and illegal occupation of the property
of others *and* fraudulent extraction of taxpayers' money?
It is comforting to be assured that those are apparently no longer the
reliable sources of support that they allegedly once were. To
paraphrase, when one is used to leading a life of crime at the expense
of others, enforcement of the law may well feel like oppression.
"...break[ing] in..."
"...the vibrant dole culture..."?
Are words enough to express visceral opposition to the self-defined
elite status of such people ?
[within an article by one Barbara Ellen, complaining about "creatives"
[sic] moving out of, or not moving to, London, in favour of Glasgow and
other provincial metro areas]
QUOTE:
"In my youth, it was entirely possible to live in London rent-free.
Alternative types often didn’t even consider renting. It was: break in,
move in, no biggie. Then, there was the vibrant dole culture (sometimes
dubbed the dole-ocracy) of 70s/80s/90s renown. Look at any list of
artists from these eras, and chances are they spent a considerable
period signing on and/or living in squats..."
ENDQUOTE
So the Golden Age for entitled "creatives" revolved around the enabling
actions of breaking and entering and illegal occupation of the property
of others *and* fraudulent extraction of taxpayers' money?
It is comforting to be assured that those are apparently no longer the
reliable sources of support that they allegedly once were. To
paraphrase, when one is used to leading a life of crime at the expense
of others, enforcement of the law may well feel like oppression.
"...break[ing] in..."
"...the vibrant dole culture..."?
Are words enough to express visceral opposition to the self-defined
elite status of such people ?