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Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Agree with that.Some of them will have just been to exam factory academies. Three As at A-level isn't as special as it used to be.
Agree with that.Some of them will have just been to exam factory academies. Three As at A-level isn't as special as it used to be.
In any case, 'work -> prosperity' is bollocks (rather reminds me of the sign over the gates of Auschwitz too) A century or so ago there was an idea that increasing technology would give us all more free time, of course the opposite has happened, but why exactly should anyone deserve to live without comfort and yes even luxury, just because they can't (or won't!) "work hard"? That's some medieval shit right there. I'm on a train on my way to work (lol) so I won't be finding references, but there is no reason at all why "hard work" should be the gatekeeper of a happy, healthy, comfortable life, for anyone.The notion of people being lazy in the UK is bullshit. It is now perfectly possible to work yourself into an early grave in the UK and still live in poverty, going to food banks etc. The concept of Working Poor defines modern Britain. The system is designed that way.
The 'american dream' economics that was there post war up to the late 70s in the UK and the USA has utterly changed - work no longer pays in the way it did then - 40 years of neoliberalism and destruction of trade unionism have seen to that.
just imagine if we had CorbynHe's going through the routine though. Using Jeremy Corbyn as an attack line? That's growing ever distant in relevance if it ever was.
It's likely to just be ego. He's very rich in his own right, and his wife is much richer still - I don't know that living a public life as someone who will be genuinely despised is easier than continuing the private life of a billionaire - unless your ego pushes you in that direction.For me the most important question about Sunak is what’s his motivation? I mean why is he involved in politics?
Are we to believe that someone who up until 2015 had successfully pursued self-enrichment was suddenly overcome with a desire for self-sacrificing public service? Or was there some underlying aim to continue increasing his wealth in ways that only political power could facilitate?
Maybe. There are certainly more possibilities than the two examples floated in my question.It's likely to just be ego. He's very rich in his own right, and his wife is much richer still - I don't know that living a public life as someone who will be genuinely despised is easier than continuing the private life of a billionaire - unless your ego pushes you in that direction.
A desire to push and shape Brexit is certainly a plausible motivation for his career change.Maybe. There are certainly more possibilities than the two examples floated in my question.
I think the only certainty is that whatever he has said publicly about why he went into politics is unlikely to be true and the timing makes me suspicious. What was happening in 2015 which made him interested getting involved? The Brexit vote was looming and it might’ve seemed to someone so inclined that with possibilities opening up for taking the U.K. in a direction it couldn’t travel while held in lockstep to the EU it’s better to get involved and try to make that direction one to suit super rich people such as himself. Time will tell I guess.
Well now he has his chance, assuming he lasts more than a few months. So let’s see where things go under his leadership.A desire to push and shape Brexit is certainly a plausible motivation for his career change.
Not sure, but I expect that Infosys will regularly be bidding on large HMG IT projects now.For me the most important question about Sunak is what’s his motivation? I mean why is he involved in politics?
Are we to believe that someone who up until 2015 had successfully pursued self-enrichment was suddenly overcome with a desire for self-sacrificing public service? Or was there some underlying aim to continue increasing his wealth in ways that only political power could facilitate?
They are too busy breaking sanctions selling to the Russians.Not sure, but I expect that Infosys will regularly be bidding on large HMG IT projects now.
I have to commend you for shoe-horning that extra " the cunt " into your post. This is one of the best posts in the thread, and it was better than any newspaper. Thank you.I was really impressed when I witnessed him trying to put fuel in a car and then waving his ( not sure if it was his) debit card at the cashier like an over privileged cunt that doesn't do shit all for himself. The cunt.
For me the most important question about Sunak is what’s his motivation? I mean why is he involved in politics?
Looks more like Blair!
Just out of casual interest, is that genuinely what you think Tory motivation is, or do you just say that for effect?He hates poor people and wants them to die?
See also, ' let the bodies pile high'. All the fucking same.Yes I'd say "wants them to" is probably wrong; "doesn't care whether they" is irrefutable though because he's in a position to do something about deaths caused by poverty, as is the rest of the government.
Thought the same.Looks more like Blair!
Just out of casual interest, is that genuinely what you think Tory motivation is, or do you just say that for effect?
That they hate the poor is self evident. I don’t think they want them to die though, not all at any rate. They/capitalism needs the poor. They cannot have their wealth and power without them.Just out of casual interest, is that genuinely what you think Tory motivation is, or do you just say that for effect?
I'd turn that question around rather. Given what they do, what might their motivation be? Their motivation is kind of irrelevant given that it is their actions that matter to the world, but I would guess a test of whether or not you have got someone's motivation right would be how effectively you can predict what they will do. Tories are rarely unpredictable. Sometimes. Of all people, Michael Gove at Environment wasn't all bad. But you don't get surprised that often.Just out of casual interest, is that genuinely what you think Tory motivation is, or do you just say that for effect?