{"id":1517,"date":"2020-12-01T17:28:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.comandantetchao.net\/wp\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2020-12-01T17:29:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:29:49","slug":"the-guardian-the-mishandling-of-covid-has-created-a-social-epidemic-widespread-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.comandantetchao.net\/wp\/?p=1517","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian:  The mishandling of Covid has created a social epidemic: widespread poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Opinion-Poverty<\/em><br><strong>Owen Jones<\/strong><br><em><sub>Guardian columnist<br>Tue 1 Dec 2020 15.24 GMT<\/sub><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0d1185\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>As hardship surges across Britain, Labour must point to the need for a new social settlement<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1e83f63df823083de1f478eb6e06237494b815d2\/407_153_5011_3007\/master\/5011.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a1fa2f1cd643d6f299d5a4dc747b38c5\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"367\"\/><figcaption><em><sub>The Cooking Champions food bank in Grange Park, north London, 27 October. Photograph: Tolga Akmen\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The existence of poverty in a wealthy nation with the resources to overcome it is not simply an injustice: it is a social crime. It is a political choice, as evidenced by countries where poverty rates are lower because they take conscious decisions to build strong welfare states, support powerful trade unions and encourage progressive taxation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poverty subjects human beings to tedium and boredom by restricting their freedoms. It leads to the constant, exhausting intrusions of anxiety provoked by an unopened gas bill on the kitchen table or the costs of an unexpected school trip. Some will find that they have been denied the satisfaction of one of the most basic human needs \u2013 to eat \u2013 and will join the hundreds of thousands driven to food banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a consumer society that defines our worth by what we own and wear, children are judged, stigmatised and bullied for not having the right clothes or gadgets. It limits the possibilities of friendship: the young who can\u2019t invite schoolmates home because their parents can\u2019t afford to feed them. Poverty holds back educational attainment, suppressing the talent and potential of the young \u2013 an act of vandalism not only on their future, but on their country\u2019s future too. For adults, the claim that anyone can make it, with a little talent and a lot of hard work, shames those who struggle financially. There are the missed trips to the pub, for fear of having to buy a round they cannot afford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/dec\/01\/covid-social-epidemic-poverty-hardship-britain-labour?utm_term=edb39ce5ca5c4c97203f3f5243ee09c2&amp;utm_campaign=BestOfGuardianOpinionUK&amp;utm_source=esp&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;CMP=opinionuk_email\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/dec\/01\/covid-social-epidemic-poverty-hardship-britain-labour?utm_term=edb39ce5ca5c4c97203f3f5243ee09c2&amp;utm_campaign=BestOfGuardianOpinionUK&amp;utm_source=esp&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;CMP=opinionuk_email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lire la Suite:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opinion-PovertyOwen JonesGuardian columnistTue 1 Dec 2020 15.24 GMT As hardship surges across Britain, Labour must point to the need for a new social settlement The existence of poverty in a wealthy nation with the resources to overcome it is not simply an injustice: it is a social crime. 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