Austerity’s hidden purpose

The rich and powerful have one interest: to preserve the power of the few to compel the many.

Back in the 1830s, Thomas Peel decided to migrate from England to the Swan River in Western Australia. A man of means, Peel took along, besides his family, '300 persons of the working class, men, women, and children,' as well as 'means of subsistence and production to the amount of £50,000.' But soon after arrival, Peel’s plans were in ruins.