ALIENATION IN ABERDEEN

Capitalism is a ruthless and uncaring society, just how uncaring is summed up in this news item. "A man is believed to have lain dead in his flat for almost a year before his body was discovered, a city council said. Debt collectors found the remains when they came to evict the man from his Aberdeen flat. They had called there numerous times in the past but there was never a response, Aberdeen City Council said. It is understood that the man may have died in August last year." (Times, 13 July) RD