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^ that was [i]exactly[/i] what I was about to say.
If revolts are yet to break out in places which are much worse than the UK then why should it happen here?
One could argue that we do have differentiators:
1) We have a long history of democracy and of having to defend it
2) We are sufficiently educated to see through at least some of the misinformation
3) Some are very defensive of what we see as 'British institutions'. The NHS being a great example. The BBC being a another lesser example. They are being pushed quite hard at the moment.
If you look at somewhere completely ****ed like Greece - a basket case economy thats contracted 25% in 3 years, forecast to contract by another 3% this year, massive unemployment, particularly among the young, people living in genuine poverty, endemic corruption...
And this shits been going on for years, and its only going to get worse - and they're not having a revolution. I don't see much chance of it taking place here.
I agree with binners.
*sigh*
Do you know why we are a society that is largely fair and free from corruption?
Is it the weather ?
I would take care with the idea that UK economy is ok.
Household debt to GDP ratio is higher than Greece and forecast to get much worse
[url= http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2015/02/uk-household-debt-still-amongst-the-highest-in-the-world/ ]UK Household Debt to GDP worse than Greece[/url]
[url= http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21637435-household-wealth-and-debt-forecast-swell-2015-balance-sheet-boom ]Forecast to get worse[/url]
Interest rates are not so much at low levels as emergency levels. If the underlying economy were in any way ok, why are interest rates still at the same level they were put at to stave off collapse in 2009? I suspect the amount of personal debt, esp mortgage debt has a lot to do with the fear of putting rates up.
Most concerningly, though is that we still seem addicted to consumerism and high house prices to feel good about ourselves. If a shock like 2008 hasn't convinced us to live within our means, what will? It doesn't bode well for UK public making the necessary behavioural shift to stave off another debt crisis...
tbh I think falling house prices are more likely to have people on the streets en masse than cuts in NHS, schools, benefits, another Middle East war or some kind of state surveillance scandal etc... it underpins a lot of people's feeling of wealth and status these days...
we are a society that is largely fair and free from corruption
Not doing [i]that[/i] well, really are we?
http://www.transparency.org/country/#GBR