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Money laundering in London Created 2024-09-03 Updated 2025-07-16
Adam Curtis has some good documentaries about this, e.g. Section "Can't get you out of my head by Adam Curtis (2021)"
The Spiders' Web: Britain's Second Empire Updated 2025-07-16
2017. Directed by Michael Oswald. Adam Curtis vibes.
Some notable points:
- the role of the British Overseas Territories as tax havens
- the role of the City of London in setting economic policy
- the role of trusts
The UK is broken Created 2024-08-12 Updated 2025-07-16
Adam Curtis coming to mind so hard.
Wealth tax Updated 2025-07-16
Obviously coupled with measures to prevent capital flight. This would be a required step to achieve Ciro Santilli's dream of unconditional basic income.
Why don't the poor vote in mass for it is incomprehensible considering e.g. the wealth inequality in the United States as of 2020!
Perhaps the election of Donald Trump in 2016 woke up the democrats at last, that they were just making empty promises without actually benefiting the poor? www.vox.com/2019/3/19/18240377/estate-tax-wealth-tax-70-percent-warren-sanders-aoc. Or is just another facade?
Bibliography:
- www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/02/26/698057356/if-a-wealth-tax-is-such-a-good-idea-why-did-europe-kill-theirs If a Wealth Tax is Such a Good Idea, Why Did Europe Kill Theirs?
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzonR81vVzM The Mayfair Set, Episode 2 - Entrepreneur Spelt S.P.I.V. (1999) by Adam Curtis explains nicely how in the 60's, Jim Slater bought stock of inefficient companies, and sold off inefficient assets to make a profit.He managed to do that because previously people had regarded those companies as family companies, and never looked into the fact that they families weren't actually majority shareholders anymore.While this increased efficiency, it also fired many people, and the government didn't manage to change legislation fast enough to tax those profits to increase welfare.