A couple of weeks ago the UK retailer Wilko going the way of the dodo was big news which kind of reminded me of when Woolies also went bust almost 15 years earlier at the end of 2008 in very similar circumstances, and both stores were of a similar type.
I remember back when Woolies finally went the way of the dodo forever more around December 2008-January 2009 there being a fair amount of public outrage over it and certain posters on Digital Spy (threads read some years later) making it out to be heavily symbolic of Brown's 'Broken Britain' and a lot of collective grieving for those who were suddenly faced with unemployment as a result.
Fast forward 15 years to the Wilko situation now in 2023; it's still very sad for those now in turn faced with unemployment as a result but where's the same mass public outcry over it? Also why aren't people having the same digs at Sunak and Co and screaming 'Broken Britain (II)' over this like they did to Brown and Co over the demise of Woolies (and the GFC in general) 15 years earlier? Were those on the political Right back in 2008 more inclined to being drama queens in order to further their agenda to get shut of New Labour at the time and get their beloved Tory party back into power once again some 18 months later, of which they actually succeeded? Are people more blase about the current situation with Wilko (and other 'named' retailers that have also gone the way of the dodo over recent years) irrespective of personal political angle?
I don't know as to whether or not it's just me but I can't help wondering if the demise of certain long-running firms no longer carry the same weight among the general public anymore?