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Oil and Conceit

Oil and the conceit I remember a country called Norway it was not a rich country, but it was socially fair and had employment for most people and those who were not employed had a benefit that kept them afloat until a job came along. Then oil came along it was a curse the biggest merchant fleet in the world was flagged out. The social cohesion tore the rich became richer the poor left behind in the wake of the disappearing A fleet of ships. And slowly almost unseen the NHS service was replaced with private hospitals and worst of all the people became arrogant tried to stop migrants they wanted the wealth for themselves and didn`t see the country was falling into chasm self-importance, it was not a becoming sight, luckily, a bit late in the day, people understand what they have lost, and there are forces who tries to rein in excess and bring the ship into the right course

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