It's the state of the economy imo. Everyone is struggling, the weekly food shop has doubled over the past year, gas and electric will be going up by a further 18% I think I heard yesterday Small businesses are struggling to survive, everyone's hanging onto their money and only purchasing those essentials atm. The good times have definitely disappeared and with them, along went our feel good factor, which then turned into despair, then into anger.

We all know what's going on, those that have nothing get the lot, whereas those that work hard, be it in their own business or a well earned job that they got after training hard to get, well, they're probably thinking, what am I doing it all for?! Might as well stop paying the mortgage, hand in the keys and live off the Government in the lifestyle a lot of other people seem to enjoy who aren't working.......maybe, I dunno, but that's the way we both feel now

Then you've got the older generation who have money stashed in the bank which they saved hard for to give them a better retirement, but instead of living off the interest, they're getting nowt and having to dip in to their savings, of which there's very little left I suppose. They can't even sell their properties if they relocated to Spain or somewhere, and it's now just the same in the UK, the buyers have gone, everyone's frightened to take the plunge, even the big investors have gone, hence the price of gold rocketing, they know that's safe!

Oh it's all doom and gloom Jen, is it any wonder everyone's walking around with a long face

I don't let it all get me down though, I'm still smiling, so is Dave, there's always something around that corner for us, I'm the eternal optimist and somehow I can manage to make Dave think the same, even though it's hard sometimes coz he's totally fed up of running a business in this climate!

This policy has the effect of wiping out the middle class so you have the few wealthy elite and then the peasants. The situation in communism AND fascism. People are angry because they are living through this process. Bottom line the elite think there are too many people in the world and they do not want us using up the planet's resources, eating meat etc.

I don't think people are angry all the time. Certainly that is not my experience. The vast majority of people that I meet are kind, courteous and helpful.
I actually believe that if people got more angry in times of austerity we wouldn't have seen the mass coming together of communities to clear up after the riots.


I think the media...and sites like this, have a lot to do with people's perception of things. Part of the reason I stopped frequenting forums as much because I thought I was going to get attacked everytime I looked out of the window with a dog, let alone stepped outside...they made me nervous because of what I was reading all the time. I think that can also happen on a broader scale about society...the odd stories from around the world that you read about in your home, make you think it is all on your doorstep. Not good.

Are you trying to tell me to get a life?
I did make a decision today to spend less time on the pc mainly because I don't like a lot of what I'm seeing/reading

Interesting outlook, not sure when the Middle Class were exterminated, but they are alive and well in the UK and several other countries I know?!

I do not think that the view that there are too many people in the world is exclusive to the "elite"?

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As Voltaire said - Il faut cultiver notre jardin