When Sinkies were illiterate and ignorant

Up till the early 80s, the literacy rate of Sinkies was still not that high. Sinkies were also not so well travelled and they could be easily conned by all kinds of silly logic. They were thus treated as such and told of what was good or bad for them. That was forgiveable then.

One great theory was that privatisation would make govt owned or public services more efficient. And the reverse was