Britain is a high-welfare country, and there is no doubt about it before or after watching the movie. But also because of this, there will be stories that are different from our country, which is ridiculous, and even sighs. Black is an extreme example in this context.
Because it is a high-welfare country, they have a "temporary relief house" (the one the hostess lives in) allocated by the government. Even if the house is not good, it can still be sheltered from wind and rain. But the opposite is that in order to maintain this welfare system, high expenses are required, and ordinary taxes alone cannot be maintained. Therefore, there is a "bedroom tax" that a male owner needs to pay, which is unimaginable. Its original intention is good-the family conditions of bedrooms with multiple bedrooms are generally good. In order to make the poor live better, these people with good conditions should help the poor who cannot live in the same country. But this greatly hurt the middle class. Even people like Black who cannot work and cannot receive unemployment benefits and employment support allowances.
Going back to the central character of the film, Black, he is the one who has been miserable by this system. The government welfare department has handed over the medical insurance approval to commercial companies that employ no medical knowledge. Commercial companies like Black’s questions are universal. , But it does not possess particularity and does not recognize the certificate issued by a professional doctor. In addition, the verification process is complicated and inflexible, resulting in the consequence that the problem is difficult to solve. Black is an example, but it is precisely because of reasonable existence that tells the world where the flaws of this system are. Their unemployment allowance is given to people who are able to work and who are working hard to find a job but cannot find a job temporarily. Employment support allowances are given to sick groups who have successfully passed the medical insurance approval. What about Black? He seems to be a person outside the system, and no system can protect him. This system has been achieved in terms of fairness, but it is difficult to have conditions outside of the regulations. At this time, his response will be very slow, and even seem unsympathetic.
This is a tragedy that can only occur under the specific background of a high-welfare country. He tore a hole in the high-welfare, institutionalized country that people have long pursued, so that we can get a glimpse of the tragedy within.
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