I, Daniel Blake is a movie that really highlights how the public health system and the government continuously fail those in need. Oftentimes, there’s this idea of “pulling yourself up by the bootstraps” that is fed to us as a drive to work harder to acheive our goals and financial security. At the same time, there are a lot of barriers to this such as health conditions (as demonstrated in the movie) and structural barriers that prevent people of a specific gender, ethnicity, sexuality, etc. from navigating through life in a manageable way. Furthermore, I think this movie highlights the unrealistic expectations of our government to continuously work even when going through hardships.