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Witty Brit mocked after criticizing US ‘naked and violent capitalism’
- Twitter user Phoebe Waller-Stein from Cardiff, Wales said: “The commodification of everything is at a level I never thought possible.”
- Dylan Lewis-Rowlands, a “proud socialist” and councilor for Aberystwyth, Wales, responded: “I remember being in New York City and crying after one night.”
- The couple have been relentlessly mocked for their dramatic responses, with the UK skewered for its crumbling healthcare service, bland food and high taxes.
A woke British man was mocked after criticizing the US’s “naked and violent capitalism” on a first trip to America, with a friend responding that New York had left him in tears.
The Twitter user, who goes by the nickname Phoebe Waller-Stein and hails from Cardiff in Wales, said: “I wasn’t expecting culture shock but the commodification of everything is on a level I never thought possible.”
‘It is the socialization of misery and the privatization of wealth.’
In response to her tweet, Dylan Lewis-Rowlands, a “proud socialist” and councilor for Aberystwyth, Wales, said: “I remember being in New York City and crying after one night out.”
The Twitter user, who goes by the nickname Phoebe Waller-Stein (left) and hails from Cardiff in Wales, said: “I didn’t expect to get culture shock but the commodification of everything is on a level I never really thought about.” possible’. Responding to her tweet, Dylan Lewis-Rowlands (right), a ‘proud socialist’ and councilor for Aberystwyth, Wales, said: ‘I remember being in New York City and crying after one night out.’
The couple have been relentlessly mocked for their dramatic responses, with the UK skewered for its dilapidated health service, bland food and high tax rate.
‘The first time you try spicy food it will have that effect on you. Poor things,’ said John Laudanum.
Mike Gray responded: ‘How are you doing at that tax rate?’
Chris Tolles said: ‘He’s a hyphenated British socialist, and a perfect anti-capitalist, fighting for the proletariat in a low-key corporate Marriott, but the only one who understands his situation is another hyphenated Brit.’
Others pointed out that Britain was as capitalist as the United States, pointing to London, home to the largest stock exchange outside the United States.
Art Ruiz responded: ‘I’ve been to London, it’s not exactly a socialist utopia.’
The couple have been relentlessly mocked for their dramatic responses, with the UK skewered for its dilapidated health service, bland food and high tax rates.
Another user named Strong_Potat agreed, saying, “New York is no more capitalist than London.”
The idea that capitalism could make anyone cry was hilarious to J_S_Millenial, who wrote: ‘Haha, it makes me love this country, America even more! making dumb Brits cry since 1776!’
Yet another user seemed to relate a bit to the two Welsh wokies.
Daniel Jones said, “I have to be honest as a Canadian who occasionally drives across the US and defies physics with impossibly large billboards is hilarious.”
Someone else also did a dig at American sweets.
I assume you mean trying Hershey’s chocolate for the first time. No European can get over that disappointment,” said Ben A.
Other users noted the disparity between the private healthcare system in the US and the free one offered by the National Health Service in the UK.
Doghouse Reilly tweeted: “The medical announcements on the subway were a surprise to me.
‘Americans don’t even understand how strange and sick it is to have connected health care with employment. The two things have nothing to do with each other anywhere else.