How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi

Este artículo sobre el declive de Gran Bretaña es escalofriante. Si os gusta el género de terror, leedlo el viernes noche con palomitas. Sin embargo, lo más terrorífico es que es como ver la España del futuro cuando le caigan ciertas políticas económicas en breve www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

誰がイギリスを壊したのか。 リーマンショック直前のイギリスは世帯収入の平均が独を追い抜き、ロンドンは国際金融ハブとしてNYを追い落とす勢いだった。だがその後英は後れを取り、今では一人当たりGDPは全米最貧のミシシッピより僅かに上、富裕層が多いロンドンを除けばその下という事になる。 今や中堅国に地位を落とした英の税率はWW2以来最も高いが、それでも公共サービスは悪化の一途を辿りNHSは600万人の治療待ち患者が連なっている。 経済危機やコロナ禍を責める声もあるが、その条件は他国でも同じ。では何が英をここまで壊したか。1/3 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Espérate tú, que los mismos que les metieron en el Brexit los van a atontar del todo con el cierre de servicios públicos, el ataque a los funcionarios y, si eso falla, con el odio a los inmigrantes. V Britannia rules the Plague. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Blaming everything on culture wars ignores the real elephant in the room: the UK's catastrophic productivity crisis. We are now benchmarking against America's poorest states. Until we fix real growth and investment, populist anger will only get stronger. 🏗️💔👇

I don't agree with everything in this article, but it is very well-written & worth reading.

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www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... I read this out of cussed curiosity. I DO NOT KNOW SQUAT - got that? I knew Maggie Thatcher started this, Reagan's buddy . . . Huge point: taxation is not mentioned once. I'm betting the rich are paying next to nothing, probably not even property taxes.

A brutal but necessary read. Britain’s tragedy is not decline. Nations rise and fall. It is the refusal to understand why. Decades confusing nostalgia for strategy, slogans for policy, and exceptionalism for competence. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi: How Did Britain's Economy Fall So Far Behind? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Nigel Farage/Vladimir Putin foisted Brexit on the nationalistic dumbfucks who ran the country into the ground and sold it off for parts. It's no wonder that Trump praises Brexit, because he's doing the same thing to the U.S. These people are traitors.

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“Arresting the current trajectory of decline will require the recognition of a hard truth. What broke Britain was not Brussels, bad luck, or bankers. The British broke Britain. To mend it, they must first stop breaking it further.”

"One generation ago, Britain was a major global power; today, it is a middling one, gripped by sclerosis. " www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Key conclusion: "What broke Britain was not Brussels, bad luck, or bankers. The British broke Britain. To mend it, they must first stop breaking it further." #BREXIT www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

It's sad it had to go this way, but thank you Britain for making the best modern case for Keynesian economics. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/

'In 2007, before the global financial crisis, Britain was at its postimperial zenith. Median household income had just surpassed that of Germany. A pound was worth more than $2, and London was arguably displacing New York as the center of international banking'. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Sad to read this, about a country where I lived, worked, paid taxes & contributed for several decades. Self sabotaging decisions, lamentably poor leadership, clinging to exceptionalism have accumulated over time leading to a belief that ‘only Farage can fix it’ www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

“Arresting the current trajectory of decline will require the recognition of a hard truth. What broke Britain was not Brussels, bad luck, or bankers. The British broke Britain. To mend it, they must first stop breaking it further”

The collapse of Britain's economy - I had no idea it was this bad, and getting worse! Some factors are echoed in the USA, e.g. antipathy toward immigrants. More excellent reporting from The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... Please repost this so others can read it too!

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How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... A long read, but interesting

Fa feredat llegir-lo des de la Catalunya del 2026. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

4) Who broke Britain? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi A case study in self-sabotage www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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@ynot1989.bsky.social This reminded me of what you said of the British decline: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Our impression over here is that, just like in the USA, there are indeed masses of people who can’t afford the basics of a good life. For example, the attached article. Is it full of lies?https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/

Groot-Brittannië was in 2007 op zijn naoorlogs hoogtepunt, het mediaan huishoudinkomen had net dat van Duitsland overtroffen, Londen begon New York te verdringen als centrum van de bankwereld. Toen kwam het populisme, en werd het armer dan de armste staat in de VS www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Since Jeffrey Goldberg took over as Editor in Chief of The Atlantic, there has been (it seems to me) a distressing increase in "annoy the libs" clickbait headlines. The recent piece by Idrees Kahloon, "How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi" is a case in point www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... This is succinct

The Atlantic on the UK’s two-decade productivity collapse & what’s filling the political vacuum. A useful warning shot for anyone confident in American exceptionalism. I can't stop thinking of this line by Thomas Sowell, "Poor people are poor because they make poor decisions."

Because Anglo political culture is defective. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

In this Atlantic article on what's gone wrong economically in Britain, interestingly "the universities aren't preparing workers" isn't mentioned. To any outside observer not soaked in domestic discourse, it's evident that the UK has simply self-sabotaged on growth www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Yes, but we Americans have way out-Brexited the Brits, with predictable results. We aspire to be Mississippi.

If you don't already subscribe to The Atlantic, try it. It's one of the best sources of US news. It's carrying a harrowing, but mostly true, piece about the decline of the UK. @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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This piece gets much of the diagnosis correct but then ACTUALLY ENTERTAINED the possibility of a Reform government. This can never be allowed to happen. Look at the racism for what it is, dump that crap, and get the UK back to the real world. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

UK Decline & Fall News: Arresting UK current trajectory of decline will require the recognition of a hard truth. What broke Britain was not Brussels, immigrants, bad luck, or bankers. The British broke Britain. To mend it, they must first stop breaking it further. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

A crucial essay on Britain's economic and social decline in the last two decades. It's not all due to Brexit, but most of it is definitely self-inflicted. Not British myself, but I hope the UK finds a way - nationalism and Reform UK are not it, in my opinion www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

This guy literally co-founded Vote Leave and he's "talking Britain down" because the economy isn't what it was? Balls of steel. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

lol Brexit: How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... Nigel Farage as Prime Minister would doom Britain to the same fate as what Trump’s done to us.

Gee, it's a mystery, I wonder who did it? 🤔 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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As a UK resident, this article gives me heart ache: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... #HopeAgainstHope #uk

Most of Britain is now poorer than Mississippi. US heading in the same direction. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Found this article so informative but the material may not be of interest to many. Britain = Mississippi is about as big a slur that can be hurled, even if accurate. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

UK is unreasonably expensive, esp in London, to foster expansion of tourist industry. London refuses to tax wealthy foreigners. UK spends far too much on bad military investments; far too little on green investment. Its people are insular, hostile to change. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Vrij toegankelijk. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The country’s output per person is now only just above that of Mississippi, America’s poorest state—and that slight lead is only achieved thanks to London. Outside the capital, in places where tourists do not visit, living standards fall well below Mississippi’s. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Good read on Britain’s self-sabotage beginning with Thatcher and extending through Blair-ite austerity, compounded by Brexit. The last bit about Farage is a brick to the face wrapped in a velvet glove. Anyway, as an American, I read it and wept, as we already elected our fascist right party.

"Don’t cry, don’t raise your eye. It's only Brexit wasteland"

Legacy of Boris Johnson and Brexit www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi

Britain is a failed state. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Every 2010+ Tory leader should read this American article. Every 2016+ Brexiter leader should read this American article. Corrupt crooks that should be held accountable for what they have done to this country. Everyone against Rejoin. Stop being stupid. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi

This is a very long article on Great Britain. Commentors are calling the Mississippi comparison clickbait. Author and commentors agree that Reform is not the answer. As for the rest, I'm not there and can't judge. Thought you might find article interesting.

British wages have lagged well behind those in the U.S., Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Denmark; after accounting for inflation, they’ve barely grown at all. Within the next decade, the typical Pole will have a standard of living equal to the typical Brit, if current trends continue.

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It is so upsetting to reckon with how far Britain has chosen to descend into a morass of its own making, and to regard the fact that the politicians who seem most likely to benefit from it are themselves unruly xenophobes and not people of good will. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The future definitely needs a rethink both in the US and Britain. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

With the republicans and trump at the helm, Americans will become less. Self sabotage is real. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... the article is still informative and worth reading, but this needs correction @theatlanticpr.bsky.social

"Stabilization is achievable, but only if Britain’s next ruling class does something that its governments over the past two decades have not managed: stop choosing the self-harming option." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

"A case study in self-sabotage." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Related, between “austerity measures” and (especially) Brexit (“taking their country back”), Great Britain ran the same play. The headline tells you how that worked out, as explained at length by the article ($ site) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

"The [NHS] now has to spend more money settling maternity-malpractice claims than it does on actually providing maternity care." #Footgun #Oops #BrexitMeansBrexit www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Return to the Third World status achieved under the great economic boom of the Thatcher years www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

This is why Scotland needs to become independent. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

"After austerity cuts to welfare benefits took effect, the share of [British] children who grew up in long-term poverty [...] shot up from about 14 percent to 23 percent" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... via @theatlantic.com

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Behold, the outcome of 14 years of #Tory Govt. of the U.K. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

What a sad, depressing read www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

''The country’s output per person is now only just above that of Mississippi, America’s poorest state—and that slight lead is only achieved thanks to London. Outside the capital, in places where tourists do not visit, living standards fall well below Mississippi’s. Brits visiting the United [...]''

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Fascism isn’t a bug - it’s a feature of defective Anglo-Saxon culture caused by: * Zero-sum world view * Xenophobia * Religiously motivated entitlement mentality * Reactionary blame-game after crisis; people “shoot each other in the foot”, crippling the country. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Fascism isn’t a bug - it’s a feature of defective Anglo-Saxon culture caused by: * Zero-sum world view * Xenophobia * Religiously motivated entitlement mentality * Propensity to blame others for a crisis - everyone shoots everyone else in the foot. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Ye gods... This bullshit, bad faith nonsense had me fuming... And *then* I got to the part where it began sanewashing Reform and... 🤬 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Britain gets its bad karma for centuries of evil: colonialist imperialism, Zionazism, antisemitism, petrofascism, genocide and war crimes, Epstein crime ring, surveillance state, and corpofascism - living standards collapse to Mississippi (worst in USA) levels. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...