election period always makes me cynical (more cynical than I already am that is).

Apocalyptic fantasies are indulgent because they suggest a catastrophe that might end the world. The dull reality is that the world doesn't end, and you just have to go about your life with a new standard.

@jestdotty Income tax and national insurance combined is 50% my gross salary, and VAT is 25%. It's pretty hard to ignore where 62% of my product goes

@jestdotty I mean I don't give a crap about some pompous people claiming to represent me, especially when everyone understands that they're at best the 2nd worst option. I wouldn't even mind paying like 20-40% of my income for these people to leave me alone, kinda like protection money. But taxes here are just too damn high to not be interested in what they're spent on.

@lorentz 🥲

@lorentz that seems outrageously high, rip.

Good thing is if you are in Shenghen, you could get a remote job anywhere in europe