Sep 3, 2026 · 19 min · 13 segments
🔊 In this episode: • Outdoing Kemi’s Plans • Russia V Our Royals • Meghan’s Wine • Tapestry Watch Watch Steve: http://youtube.com/@mrstevenallen Read Steve…
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I mean, look, it's not a well thought through plan, but mathematically it makes sense, doesn't it? Instead of diverting money from benefits to defence, you simply say to the people on benefits, just in case it ever kicks off, we will send you in first.
Are you treating people on benefits as cannon fodder? And that's a really good point.
Because, I mean, I thought the biggest problem was the fact that it wouldn't always be a couple of steps would stop on the little rascal things, you know, the mobility scooters.
Then again, you do have a mechanized – I think actually the bigger point is that theory would not help anyone.
The Times goes with middle-class parents subsidizing 300,000 hidden needs not in education, employment or training.
And the problem with that is this is just the infantilization of society, isn't it? People who just don't grow up because why bother? Back when I was growing up, being a grown-up was better than being a kid, and I'm not sure it is anymore.
If you could stay at that adolescent age where your parents pay for everything and you spend all of your time, I don't know, not working, it feels pretty good.
I mean, I would do it now, but obviously, what with my current situation, the only way I could live with my parents is I have to try and move into that graveyard.
We have to go through one of those phases in society where our life gets worse because of banks and things.
I remember living through 2008 and all of a sudden we had a hard time because banks messed up.
I mean, look, it's not a well thought through plan, but mathematically it makes sense, doesn't it? Instead of diverting money from benefits to defence, you simply say to the people on benefits, just in case it ever kicks off, we will send you in first.
Are you treating people on benefits as cannon fodder? And that's a really good point.
Because, I mean, I thought the biggest problem was the fact that it wouldn't always be a couple of steps would stop on the little rascal things, you know, the mobility scooters.
Then again, you do have a mechanized – I think actually the bigger point is that theory would not help anyone.
The Times goes with middle-class parents subsidizing 300,000 hidden needs not in education, employment or training.
And the problem with that is this is just the infantilization of society, isn't it? People who just don't grow up because why bother? Back when I was growing up, being a grown-up was better than being a kid, and I'm not sure it is anymore.
If you could stay at that adolescent age where your parents pay for everything and you spend all of your time, I don't know, not working, it feels pretty good.
I mean, I would do it now, but obviously, what with my current situation, the only way I could live with my parents is I have to try and move into that graveyard.
We have to go through one of those phases in society where our life gets worse because of banks and things.
I remember living through 2008 and all of a sudden we had a hard time because banks messed up.
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