Blindboy

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1,520 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 10 Jun

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The Blindboy Podcast · Have you anything to say about the Fuel protests Blindboy? Or are you a Government shill who is worried about losing his next Late Late show appearance? · 15 Apr 2026 podcast

That's not a protest.

Unfortunately, that social contract has broken down.

There used to be a social contract which was

if you the people are unhappy with what your government is doing then just very politely and in a civil way get out there and march and that is enough to frighten the government into action that social contract doesn't exist anymore unfortunately the rain's getting very strong

that social contract doesn't exist anymore because of neoliberalism I've done many podcasts on neoliberalism this year and last year but neoliberalism it is when public services housing healthcare education these things used to be controlled by the state but instead they're handed over to the private market but I pay taxes you say

I pay taxes and my taxes are supposed to provide people in Ireland with housing.

That's true, you do pay taxes.

And that money that's supposed to provide a person with a house, you see, it used to go to a local council who would build a council house and then a person would receive a council house.

and the rent would be low and it'd be a long-term arrangement and it'd be secure.

But now the same tax via a scheme like the housing assistance program, now that same tax goes to a private landlord who charges market rate.

So now the state you see is paying a private landlord.

It's astronomically expensive.

it makes the housing crisis worse because all that public money actually pushes up rents for everybody.

No new housing supply is created, so it's not councils building houses anymore.

Now the state is competing with private renters and it's this horrible feedback loop.

So the housing crisis doesn't become something to solve.

It becomes an industry to be profited from.

So under neoliberalism,

You pay your taxes for a public service and then a private company comes right in the middle and sets up a toll booth and takes most of that money.

So then you have a society that doesn't see evidence of a social net.

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