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Covid-19 is revealing the true scale of the capitalist crisis
It is not bankers who will propel us through this crisis – but workers, says BECK ROBERTSON
Business tycoon Richard Branson (right) pictured here in 2016 with then prime minister David Cameron at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire

CORONAVIRUS is revealing the real face of capitalism, laying bare the staggering inequity that’s long festered in our society.  

Now there’s nowhere for economic injustice to hide, as millions are made unemployed overnight, forced to rely on meagre government subsidy for their sustenance, while an underfunded health service struggles to cope. 

The illusion of equity we‘ve long been labouring under is now being exposed as the fakery it always was, but the present situation is merely the tip of the iceberg.  

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