The Right Won the Wallet War — Now They’re Coming for Your Neighbour by Lawson Akhigbe

For decades, the Western Right had one drumbeat: economics, economics, economics. In the US, Republicans told everyone that cutting taxes for billionaires would magically create jobs — as if Jeff Bezos wakes up thinking, “Ah yes, now that I saved $10 million, I’ll finally hire Bob from Ohio to sweep my rocket launchpad.”

In Britain, the Tories shouted about “balancing the books” while quietly selling the NHS piece by piece to their golf buddies. Austerity became a religion — one where the poor sacrificed meals, nurses sacrificed wages, and the rich sacrificed… absolutely nothing.

And here’s the punchline: they won.
They convinced enough people that public services were wasteful, that billionaires were job creators, and that if you’re poor, it’s because you don’t work hard enough (not because your rent costs more than your salary).

But having conquered your wallet, the Right got bored. Spreadsheets aren’t sexy. Nobody cheers for deficit reduction at rallies. So they went shopping for a new agenda.

And what did they pick? Racism, culture wars, and anti-poor policies disguised as “common sense.”

Now the message isn’t just “We can’t afford school meals.” It’s:

“We can’t afford school meals because immigrants are eating them.”

“We can’t raise wages — how will Walmart afford its eighth yacht?”

“You’re poor because you’re lazy, not because your landlord charges £1,200 for a broom cupboard in Croydon.”

In America, Trump turned politics into WWE — screaming about Mexicans while slipping tax breaks to his billionaire pals. In Britain, Nigel Farage has built a career shouting “Immigrants!” every time the Tories collapse another hospital or crash the pound.

It’s genius, in a depressing way: if you can’t fix potholes, convince people the pothole is foreign.

And here’s the real trick — they’ve swapped economic sermons for cultural crusades. Family values! Patriotism! Protecting heritage! Meanwhile, those same “family values” politicians vote against maternity leave, “patriots” sell public assets to foreign investors, and “heritage” means statues get more care than living children.

So let’s be clear: the Right already took your money. Now they’re staging a culture war to take your neighbour too.

The slogan writes itself:
“Blame the poor. Fear the foreigner. And whatever happens — never ask why Jeff Bezos doesn’t pay tax.”