There is really no space anymore for the middle ground. Anyone or anything in the middle gets squeezed, or is prone to losing out somehow. In the 'entertainment' world, this is exemplified by television, which seems to like working to extremes.
Benefits Street is simply shit, served up to the masses, with the general effect that anyone in the middle is outraged (quite rightly) at the desperate and awful actions, lives, laziness and mess that makes up the lives of those on display. This is typical of many programmes, most notably on Channel 4 and on Channel 5.
Then we have Made In Chelsea, where twats with money are poncing around for the so-called entertainment of the masses. This is more shit, and hardly constitutes 'entertainment'. Posh idiots are not amusing at all.
TOWIE is simply an advertisement for failure being rewarded, and no doubt the youngest in society will grow up feeling 'entitled', and hard done by if they do not get on in the world of television, media or fashion. The only exceptions will be those who do indeed 'bag a footballer' or who start a family they've no right to start, and claim benefits as a get-out to paying their way and having a proper sense of responsibility.
Meanwhile, on Grand Designs, I am expected to be interested in, and entertained by, the exploits of two rich people who have bought a barn in Switzerland (£250,000) and are now showing us how things went during the refurbishment process, costing another £500,000. Sorry, but this is completely fucking awful bollocks and an affront to decency. As for Fabian and Felix (no, I have not made up the names of the two young boys whose parent will be providing for them and spoiling them for the rest of their lives) I feel they will have little idea of what life is for those in the middle.
If you're completely thick, then there is a chance you'll do well out of the system, and possibly life. If you are very clever, then again, you're likely to do okay and the system will work for you. If you're in the middle, you'll work the hardest for the most meagre rewards, you'll pay the most tax, never be let off anything or 'qualify' for help in any areas. You'll be fined, hindered and oppressed, while dealing with the outrages that are flung at you daily by the media, who all love stirring up trouble. Every day, you will see those who are simply not entitled, or who are lazy, or cunts or all of them, getting what they do not deserve. Gone are the days when people were happy to be 'working class', as now, the preference is 'non-working class'. You will look to the government for help and common sense. There will be none of either - and instead you'll learn about more half-baked ideas and aid for others. A check on what the opposition parties may offer proves that they are all just as bad.
The UK is fucked, Top, Middle and Bottom.
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