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Category Archives: Power
The EU Referendum
I am seeing a lot of very stupid people out there, almost all of them on the Leave side. No matter how reasoned the argument, no matter how reputable the sources, most people on the Leave side simply do not … Continue reading
Tribalism, or: Divided We Fall
Britain is effectively a one-party state. That’s a bold opening statement, isn’t it? However, it is accurate, and I’m going to tell you why. We use a voting system known as First Past The Post. Under that system, the one … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Power, Reform
Tagged economy, election, Green party, Labour party, Plaid Cymru, politics, power, progress, sheeple, SNP, tax the rich, unity
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Call to Action
I dare say that many people reading this will be in favour of things like social justice, equality, a welfare state that complies with the articles of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, a publicly-funded NHS, environmental protection, ordinary people … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Power, Reform
Tagged election, equality, Green party, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour party, Plaid Cymru, politics, Poverty, power, progress, sheeple, SNP, tax the rich, unity
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Election Aftermath
That was the worst possible result from almost any perspective. From the perspective of anyone who cares about the environment, social justice and equality, economic recovery, the quality of life of the vast majority of people in the country (particularly … Continue reading
Election 2015
I suspect you’d either have to be living under a rock or in a foreign country to not realise that the UK is going to have a general election in a few days. It will be the most important general … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Equality, Politics, Power
Tagged economy, election, election2015, politics
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Keith Ordinary Guy
http://www.keithordinaryguy.org.uk/ Dear Mr Cameron, I think the thing that shocks me most about what is happening in my country today at your governments unlovely hands is that we are being ripped off. What’s sad about that is that we’ve always … Continue reading
Elections
So, in case you were unaware, on Thursday we had some elections. The whole of the UK had elections for the European Parliament, and most of England had elections for local councils as well. Just take a few minutes to … Continue reading
Dehumanisation
Dehumanisation is the process of treating people like things, and to treat a person as a thing is to spread injustice and unfairness. And whether we acknowledge it or not, everyone does this every day. Many people do it unthinkingly, … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Power
Tagged bigotry, dehumanisation, political correctness, prejudice
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Moral Choice
There is, I gather, a saying, which goes, “you don’t need to keep promises made to thieves and whores.” I wonder why? Is it because those professions are so inherently dishonourable that they wouldn’t know what to do with a … Continue reading
Great Power
There is a saying. “With great power comes great responsibility.” It’s bullshit. It’s the sort of thing those without power, usually due to societal position meaning they’ll never get any more power than that of middle-manager status, say to try … Continue reading
Posted in Power, Responsibility
Tagged Great power, independence, Learning disability, responsibility
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