Back in the 60s through to the late 80s, if you had this haircut, it was very likely that you were part of Britain’s most feared and controversial sub-culture: Skinheads. JimmytheGiant podcast: The Death of Britain’s Most Feared Subculture
Rude Boys would meet a very English subculture: The Mods. ibid.
Another fun group of bros called the Hippies … just too nice. ibid.
1969 is considered the golden age of the skinhead. ibid.
In the 2000s worred parents had a new concern over what little Billy and Becky were doing in their free time. JimmytheGiant podcast: The Forgotten Legal High Crisis that Ruined Britain
The 90s: All of the youth of the day are heading to these exciting and scary things called Raves. ibid.
Websites would start to pop up selling a thing called Research Chemicals. ibid.
The Brits: We gave Americans their language, we gave them their legal system, we gave them the Beatles, and in return they gave us fighting over Black Friday deals, and obesity … Britain has kind of lost its influence, and has slowly turned more and more into the nation that it created. JimmytheGiant podcast: The Americanisation of Britain
We might not have had slavery but we were definitely benefitting off of it. ibid.
The American dollar had overtaken the British pound to become the dominant global currency. ibid.
Thatcher went on to tear down the British-style post-war consensus. ibid.
This Americanised attitude would exist long after Thatcher. ibid.
Britain has felt increasingly Americanised in nearly every aspect. ibid.
What once started as a way of lifting the British working class out of slums has over time just descended into these crime-ridden dilapidated areas. JimmytheGiant podcast: The Evil Decline of Britain’s Dystopia Estates
The Boundary Estate: They found out that the rent was double that of the slums. ibid.
A new dope-strain of architecture called Modernism. ibid.
Brutalism was like a reaction to Modernism. ibid.
A beach holiday in Britain might sound like a cruel joke but believe me for a long time this was the peak of upper-class British culture. JimmytheGiant podcast: The Evil Decline of Britain’s Seaside Towns
In 1787 the Brighton Pavilion was built. ibid.
Giving rise to what is known as the Brits abroad. ibid.
The fall from grace for the British seaside towns … became the worst places in Britain. ibid.
Blackpool: The highest crime rate in the country. ibid.
The decline of Britain is becoming a Youtube niche. ibid.
His films would explore the dark gritty underworld of humanity. Despite the success and praise he’s received, his style has been very controversial since the beginning. JimmytheGiant podcast: Louis Theroux: A Confusing Genius
Michael Moore is a very controversial character … Everything Louis Theroux isn’t. ibid.
Louis would make one of the biggest mistakes of his entire career: Jimmy Savile. ibid.
Louis Theroux gets accused of giving a voice to very dangerous, radical, extreme people. ibid.
The British hardman archetype is one of the most popular characters in television and film. JimmytheGiant podcast: The British Tough Guy Trope
Ross Kemp was an absolute madman. ibid.
Ricky [Gervais] might be the most unlikely superstar on Earth … Rising to the top of Hollywood before they eventually lost control of him. JimmytheGiant podcast: Ricky Gervais: The Most Hated Man in Hollywood
‘If you win, right, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent and your God, and fuck off.’ ibid. Gervais presents award ceremony
We here a lot these days that Britain is being ‘invaded’. JimmytheGiant podcast: The Real Foreign Invasion of Britain
City of London: Transactions between two non-residents of Britain who were using foreign currencies were no longer banned by UK regulation … Legally, they were outside of British jurisdiction. ibid.
As you would expect, the money came a-pouring in to the City of London … This unregulated, shadowy market. ibid.
The City of London had established a second British empire. ibid.
‘London has become the Dirty Money capital of the world.’ iibid. TV news
Africa: Massive massive amounts of wealth is just being siphoned out, completely distabilizing whole countries, forcing people to migrate and leave their homes. ibid.
If you were driving around London in the 90s there was a very good chance that if you would turn your radio dial just a few millimetres too much you would open a portal to an underground illegal world of pirate radio. JimmytheGiant podcast: Britain’s Evil War Against Pirate Radio
‘The pirates are a menace, and I don’t believe at all that the public wouldn’t support action to enforce the law.’ ibid. Tony Benn
There was a loophole: international waters. ibid.
A lot of the fear of radio simply comes down to infuence. ibid.
The mid-1980s and you’ll find something strange going on: the rooftops were bustling with a new kind of criminal activity. ibid.
This small faction of society has been seen as one of the most controversial subculture in all of Europe – the football hooligan. JimmytheGiant podcast: Britain’s Most Hated Subculture
The first recorded incidence of football hooliganism was 1885. ibid.
From the decaying ashes of the Chav in the early to mid 2010s a brand-new subculture was emerging, one that was much more violent, much more organised, and much more controversial … leading to laws being passed banning the music they held sacred: UK Drill. Today we will explore the roadmap subculture. JimmytheGiant podcast: The Subculture England Banned
Grime was a genre of music in the UK that evolved from electronic genre of garage. ibid.
2014: The second coming of Grime. ibid.
This is where things start to get dark. ibid.
In 2014 to 2017 UK Drill was really blowing up. ibid.
Five rappers from the group 10/11 were banned from making music. ibid.
Why does it sometimes feel wrong to what people do good things? … Would you still be doing these nice acts if the cameras weren’t rolling? JimmytheGiant podcast: The Dark Side of Charity Youtubers
Mr Beast: His video giving a random homeless person $10,000. ibid.
This growing idea that the government is too big and too restrictive. And there’s no clearer example of this than Elon Musk’s Doge Department, leading to a revolution of sorts with dudes with bad haircuts holding chainsaws coming to free the handcuffs of government bureaucracy from the people. However, is this concept really new? JimmytheGiant podcast: How the Elite Engineered Britain’s Collapse (And Blamed You)
Oh yeah, loads of cuts to social welfare spending … This ideology is known as neoliberalism. ibid.
Government debt continued to rise because they needed to borrow in order to allow for major tax cuts for the rich. ibid.
Neoliberalism – this ideology which was ignited by Nixon, exploded under Thatcher and Reagan, and then accelerated under Blair and Bush – had led to this zombified mantra of deregulation, selling off of state assets to private individuals, and massively cutting welfare spending. ibid.
The UK and the United States bailed out the banks to the tune of £500 billion, with a guarantee of £1 trillion. That is taxpayer money, our money, paying to keep banks alive. Also known as Socialism for the Rich. ibid.
We launched our very own DOGE department, or as well call it, Austerity. Austerity was being euphemistically sold to as as, Fixing the Roof While the Sun is Shining. ibid.
The entire Theory of Austerity was built on incorrect maths. ibid.
Even our refugee system is privatized. ibid.
This wasn’t like sustainable real economic growth, this was wealth extraction from the ordinary people and the state into the hands of the ultra-wealthy. And so our whole economy, everything, our public services, everything, got shitter and shitter but more expensive. ibid.
This is the Big Scam. ibid.