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Janet wrote:
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In message , Sacha
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Society has *never* been equal, never in history, it's just not in the
nature of man or the scheme of things.

It has never been more unequal than it is today!

I just don't agree. The rich have always been there, but at the other
end of the economic spectrum nobody in Britain today, *has to* endure the
terrible social conditions Dickens wrote about. The "bottom of the heap"
today, have choices, support and advantages that did not exist before the
welfare state.

That is true, but it is also true that they have more obstacles
than at any time in the past 60 years, possibly even than in the
past 90 years. One extremely clear example is adult education,
where someone who regrets being a school drop-out is severely
penalised if they try to correct that - and it is not JUST that
they have to first find the money to pay for it privately.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.