Yes it would be better to force employers to pay a living wage, then there would be no need for tax credits. And if proper rent controls were enforced, we could probably do away with housing benefits, too. But successive governments have found it easier to subsidise low paying employers and exploitative landlords, than to address fundamentals.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.