Rapping the knuckles of the poor The cost of living crisis is an act of class warfare

You know that moment just before something painful is going to happen, the anticipation of pain feels as bad as the pain? Just before they put the cannula in. I always remember the way a sadistic teacher made us hold out our hands for ages before she rapped our knuckles with a ruler. That moment, that waiting for the bad thing, is where we are now.

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