{"id":17019,"date":"2024-12-29T13:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T12:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/britain-will-never-be-great-again-until-we-stop-flogging-our-top-companies-to-the-us-will-hutton\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T13:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T12:42:17","slug":"britain-will-never-be-great-again-until-we-stop-flogging-our-top-companies-to-the-us-will-hutton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/britain-will-never-be-great-again-until-we-stop-flogging-our-top-companies-to-the-us-will-hutton\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain will never be great again until we stop flogging our top companies to the US | Will Hutton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech selloffs not only cost tax revenue and jobs, but are turning the UK into a vassal state<\/p>\n

There is much to admire about the US. The great French social observer Alexis de Tocqueville, nearly 200 years ago, lauded its commitment to civic virtue, individual self-improvement and hard work \u2013 legacies of its puritan founders.<\/p>\n

Those traits are still evident today, but alongside them a darker one has emerged. The US, the hegemon of the 20th century still committed to democracy, has changed. It has transmuted into an imperial power careless of democracy but ever readier to exact economic tribute from its vassal states.<\/p>\n

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\nTech selloffs not only cost tax revenue and jobs, but are turning the UK into a vassal state
\nThere is much to admire about the US. The great French social observer Alexis de Tocqueville, nearly 200 years ago, lauded its commitment to civic virtue, individual self-improvement and hard work \u2013 legacies of its puritan founders.
\nThose traits are still evident today, but alongside them a darker one has emerged. The US, the hegemon of the 20th century still committed to democracy, has changed. It has transmuted into an imperial power careless of democracy but ever readier to exact economic tribute from its vassal states. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tech selloffs not only cost tax revenue and jobs, but are turning the UK into a vassal state There is much to admire about the US. The great French social observer Alexis de Tocqueville, nearly 200 years ago, lauded its commitment to civic virtue, individual self-improvement and hard work \u2013 legacies of its puritan founders. …<\/p>\n

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