Subordinated to that is a domestic policy of domestic industry and infrastructure development, militarily defined, with social benefits flowing as a secondary effect. All that is so far off the table as to be out the window. So, structurally, we are left with the problem of decades: the fiscal crisis of the state. Corporate structures are so multi-levelled, abstract and generalised that tax collection on whole sectors remains virtually unenforceable. Military spending, militarised industry policy, financial exclusion of the marginal, and a preceding rollover on gas provision and climate change targets.

Source: The Guardian May 15, 2024 09:27 UTC