Further disgusting stigmatization of the unemployed happening in the U.K. as the government tries to brand those who are out of work as having a mental health disorder. This will undoubtedly lead to further difficulties in finding a job.
“Psychology now plays a central and formative role in stigmatising the existence and behaviour of various categories of poor citizens and in legitimating the measures taken to transform and activate them,” the authors note. Read more.
Surely it's not their destructive austerity and systematic looting of an entire class of citizens. It's just a lot easier to call those who they have robbed as mentally ill losers. Now they can condemn them to institutions or prison with clear consciences.
By the way, this would be a great meme for Fox News. I am surprised they haven't picked up on it yet.
