Burn Baby Burn.

       I have no doubt that all us ordinary folks that are struggling to find the cash to heat our homes this winter, will shed a tear of sympathy for the owner of the £8 million+ 76ft. Yacht, Kahu, that went up in flames at Cowes Marina on the Isle of Wight, yesterday. This is the picture of the UK austerity, homeless children, elderly dying from avoidable cold related illnesses, food banks and kids going to school hungry, and parasites “messing around in boats” valued at more than you or I would ever earn in our lifetime. Capitalism, the system of contradictions, we who produce all the wealth in the world, struggle for a half decent life, while the parasitic wealth plunderers lavish themselves in unearned opulence.

    

       According to the organisation Shelter Scotland, this year 4,847 children in Scotland will spend Christmas homeless. While the pompous parasite class flick through the pages of the latest yacht catalogue, we in Scotland have more than 20% of all our kids living in poverty. In some areas it is 33% and more. This is amongst the highest child poverty rates in Europe, with Denmark and Norway having 10%, while in that so called, capitalist economic success story, Germany, it is still a shocking 15%.

      These figures are not just about hungry kids living in poverty, it is about blighted lives, destroyed potential, poor health and education, a future so much less that it could be. None of these problems are insoluble, the knowledge and resources are there to eliminate poverty. However because we tolerate a system of exploitation, called capitalism, children will go to bed hungry, elderly will die from hypothermia, while others will plan the next cruise in their £8 million yacht.

      I couldn't give a shit if every yacht went up in smoke tomorrow, the loss of these useless toys of the parasite class will be no loss to the ordinary people of this world. It's a pity that the marina staff managed to save the fire from spreading to the other symbols of inequality, as far as I'm concerned, burn baby burn.

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