politics
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Better things
I have a friend that is openly a Marxist, but we haven’t delved into the details of his particular flavour of Marxism, because everyone’s is different. I think that’s because Marx is more of a critical analyst than a person wishing for power for himself. I intend to pencil in the day my friend educates… Continue reading
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What have we already been through?
I got talking with my pal Dave at the weekend, he’s often a source for ideas for my writing by providing a secondary and often contrary perspective to my own sometimes skewed and biased opinions. Everyone that thinks and writes must realise that they themselves do not hold all the answers to all the questions,… Continue reading
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It’s him or us
This guy may be trying to get all us inconsequential people killed. I personally fear our lives, anyone’s lives, everyone’s lives. We are clearly a sacrifice he is willing and happy to make, but who gave him this right to affect me and the world? Some of the American people elected him, not the rest… Continue reading
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Protection racket
For those that value privacy over safety I have to ask, what have you got to hide? What I have to hide is… The things you would use against me if you knew me so well you could predict my reactions to your actions. To measure is to improve, that is a true statement, but… Continue reading
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Who is this they?
“They’ve wanted it for over a hundred years” This is the US president talking about the ballroom absolutely nobody seems to want. The interesting thing is that he reaches for a “they” that indicates in this case, and many others, nothing more than whatever he is currently talking about is his wish. Basically he regularly… Continue reading
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The day the TV turns you off.
I fear social media just as you do, I see it as a force for possible good that will of course be used by the powerful to cement their power if they are able. And if it cannot be used by them they will act to curb it by creating a non-statistics based fear, a… Continue reading
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Delegitimise me
To tackle any issue one must first not delegitimise the position of those persons who caused the alleged problem. All issues are “people” issues, premises on a belief, a position taken by them. Protest is the expression of a disagreement that can find no other method of expression. The people who express their disagreement through… Continue reading
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Against Democracy
Reason cannot be met on the field of intellectual battle with effort alone, your effort will not make your case. How strongly you feel something is practically unimportant to the point you make, in a reasonable society. What I mean by that opening statement is that when people use reason to form their view and… Continue reading
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The Refusal to measure…
The wannabe king has replaced anyone that disagrees with his vision of how things are, not how things should be, bear in mind that these are very different things. One is something we could prove, the other is a trajectory wish. The reason he does this is he wants to be able to say things… Continue reading
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A Strategy…
It’s just my opinion but…. There’s maybe never been a better incentive for improving the energy efficiency of your domicile, collecting rain water, supporting a party that has green and renewable energy policies and a progressive tax position in their manifesto (the Greens), recycling absolutely everything, supporting energy independence nationally, ending fossil fuel dependency with… Continue reading
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