«freedom of choice, the individual takes all, user pays, the darwinian survival of the fittest, the fundamentalism of religion, the oppression of labour to complete flexibility, the crude elevation of the entrepreneur beyond the
ethics of their behaviour, the mocking of the role of the state in any service, the quest
for ever lower taxes and the shrinkage of government, the failure to admit privatisation
disasters, the ignoring of education and health needs
for the majority, the failure to pursue greater equality
for women, the worship of wealth
for some at the expense of wellbeing
for many, freedom to carry guns, deny climate change, the penchant
for war and national might over peace time government services, and finally the deeply flawed assumption that competition prevails in any market (and every market) if you just stand back and watch it»