Class issue at the root of so much conflict

CURRENT global events reveal that the dominant politics of this generation, in all nations, such as the USA, produce international policies of little intellect, but are stoked by extreme emotions of hatred between conflicting voters and demonstrating citizens at home, then projected abroad, to Afghanistan or China.

This is a worldwide pattern, that the individual voters in all these countries detest the politics of their neighbours, as expressed by politicians or citizens, and that is exported, across the world. I guess that the hatred and violent riots are inflamed by dishonest privately owned media.

While this loathing seems extreme in Afghanistan, as a threat to one’s life, this has always been a feature of a class-dominated country like England, where the Conservative Party still conserves the mockery of the only undemocratic House of Lords on the planet, and a majority of English voters still choose the same Tory values of superiority and privilege, which returned them to power for 200 years. During all those generations, cruel Conservative beliefs have been despised by one third of the population.

The Brexit form of Tory nationalism, hostile to every country except the US, is strange in its determination to punish all poor British citizens, especially the young.

This is a distorted form of selective ‘nationalism’ because these Tory voters worship the British plutocrats, aristocrat, tycoon or celebrity, billionaire, media mogul or football club member, who must not be taxed to support social care.

C N Westerman Brynna, South Wales