3 Points Demonstrating Conservative Insensitivity and Ignorance

1 - Austerity takes money from essential public services that poorer people heavily rely on. Britain however is one of the world's wealthiest countries. Britain's wealth is simply concentrated in the hands of the few.

That the Conservatives started and have maintained austerity for 7 years, repeating vapid statements like "we must live within our means" and "we must be capable of making difficult decisions", overwhelmingly shows they don't have a clue what austerity has actually done to people and are thus utterly out of touch with the British public and "the national interest". Either this or they don't care.

Jeremy Corbyn and his party are anti-austerity. They want to take a little more money from the wealthiest people and corporations and spread it more evenly.

2 - Theresa May has consistently voted for foreign military intervention regardless of the fact that it has invariably worsened situations.

The ignorance here is mind-boggling. It is the sign of a regressive person to feel that, after the atrocities of Afghanistan and Iraq, militarily intervening in other countries, like Libya, is a good idea. An intelligent and sensitive person would have known that this was wrong in the first place - cough, Corbyn, cough cough.

3 - May holds a first strike nuclear policy.

To hold a first strike nuclear policy, as opposed to being involved with the CND for many years, suggests that May hasn't genuinely thought about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It suggests a fundamental ignorance and inability to properly reflect on history or simply a lack of caring.

The difference between a first strike nuclear policy and having it as a deterrent is that first strike means using nuclear weaponry as an attack. Does May understand the consequences of this approach? Trident is estimated to be 8 times more powerful than what was dropped on Hiroshima. There would be a massive obliteration of life including children, women, civilians. The opposing country may well have their own nuclear weapons too. So most British civilians may well be killed also. 

In a nuclear stand-off government officials and the elite, including May, would be in safe houses. I'm sure it is easier for someone to make such a decision in the knowledge that they and their family are protected.

Ending Remarks

Many people born into rich privileged backgrounds are often highly insensitive to important issues. They lack empathy and emotional intelligence, only viewing things from their rich bubbles, and thus don't have a clue how to care for those in need. It scares and shocks me that "the free world" is largely run by such people.

Others such as Corbyn are different. They are intelligent. They are sensitive to the people of their country and foreign civilians. They are sensitive to human life. They know what needs to be done in order to alleviate suffering and war. They care.

Insensitivity and ignorance is tearing our world apart. It has to stop.