It is not so much the future of capitalism that he (and others) foresaw twenty years ago but more the logic of a certain type of capitalism, the type that denies social justice or that denies society all together, like Margaret ("there is no such thing as society") Thatcher. If one "reads history backwards", one can see that this statement from Thatcher is as mad as the one from Golda Meir who said "there is no such thing as Palestinians...they do not exist."
Kwa maana hiyo basi, motto wa miaka mitano wa London ni mjuzi zaidi kuliko mzee wa miaka 50 wa China au Afrika asiyejua Kingereza! Yanajitokeza madai, kwa mfano, kwamba viwango vya elimu nchini vinaporomoka kutokana na wanafunzi kutojua Kiingereza. Wengi wa wale wenye uwezo wanawapeleka watoto wao nchi za nje au katika haya ma academy ambayo yamechipuka kwa kasi ya uyoga nchini. Hapa suala zima la tabia ya usomaji halizingatiwi, kwani inaaminika kwamba mashule na vyuo ndivyo ambavyo hufundisha, na si mwanafunzi kujenga tabia ya kusoma na kujiendeleza.