Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
Did it really benefit very few?

It's only really post-2008, when interest rates went to zero and massive asset value transfers to the wealthy on the back of that really kicked in that things seem to have gone off the previous generally upward trajectory, and even then, there are probably other, competing reasons for why things are as they are at the moment - ageing population etc - if they even are that bad.
Yes. From a social perspective. Just exactly who in the long term has it benefited? Everything is crumbling, nothing works, it's an absolute joke. I'd sacrifice all my nice to haves in a heartbeat if it meant a functional country.