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@******lynda****** wrote:
You might say we are lucky to be born into an area with an established infrastructure, but it did not occur on its own. People created it...built it, paid for it.

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The UK has now evolved into a nation of complainers - potholes in roads, the council needs to sort it - not enough houses, it's the governments fault - hosepipe bans, poor schools, not enough hospitals etc. etc. etc.

Any idea that when there is a need for something people go out and sort it is nonsense - always has been.  Our current infrastructure has not come about because of the hard work of the British people - indeed it was built by their hard work, (and often 'misery'), but without that being organised by the few, some for profit, some for philanthropic reasons, some for more nefarious reasons, we would still be living in grass huts.

We work to buy the things like houses, food, transport, energy etc.  We happen to live in a part of the world where those things are available to purchase.  Those living in many parts of the world work just as hard, in physical terms probably far harder, but many of the basic things we take for granted aren't available to them no matter how hard they work.

That is pure luck.