Bag's Rants

The wisdom of age or insane rumblings?

I have been thinking about why it is that every time we as a country digs itself out of the mire we vote labour and screw our country up for decades again. Is it some masochistic thing we Brits have?

The ideology can't be the sole reason. The basic ideology of socialism is that we should all be equal. The labour way of course is to screw everyone into the lowest common denominator and the libertarian way is through allowing us all to compete no matter how our upbringing. Neither is perfect but the socialist way leads to disaster every time so why do we choose it.

I can barely remember back to the late 70s, showing my age now, where we actually had power cuts, strikes and three day weeks. Mainly because I was out all the time the cuts, strikes and a three day week didn't impact me too much but I do remember watching it unfold and making a decision that I would never vote labour. I was going to do something with my life.

So I was wondering why is it that 30 years later we have done exactly the same thing again. Allowed a socialist government to screw us all and in particular the people they were supposed to help. The lowest paid are impacted more by Gordos stealth taxes than the higher paid. They have in reality chosen to pay more of their own money into the bloated state. You have just got to laugh.

The conclusion I came to is simplistic but I think accurate.
1) The bulk of the people voting for labour are too young to have been born or remember the disaster that was the 70s. No knowledge of recent history.
2) We don't actually teach socialism at schools. Only socialist propaganda by the teachers to a captive audience. History stops at 1948 or something in schools. No knowledge of the atrocities committed in the name of socialism over the decades.
3) Socialism ideals are sold on fairness and morals. Yet there are no discussions on exactly how that would work with a species like us. Just the aims and who can argue against fairness? Playing on our sense of fair play.
4) Everyone assumes that they are the lowest on the ladder. They therefore assume that any boost with improve their lot in life at the detriment of the toffs. It is pure selfishness.
5) They are actually so vindictive that they would rather others suffered, including them, if they felt a toff was being screwed. Pure envy.

So here we are again. Country looks like it is entering a recession with the cupboard bare. We have put in place the apparatus for a police state. Our brightest and best are leaving in droves and being replaced with people that don't even like our way of life and want to replace it with their own. We also have the spectre of the EU to make our transition to what the old soviets tried to do and failed. We are now so dependent on the state for our handouts that whatever they put in our way we just nod and follow instructions. Like the sheep we have become. One thing is clear though. We will be working off the folly of the last ten years for several decades.

Democracy, the bedrock of our society, has for all intent and purpose vanished. We have removed trial by jury, inquests with no public scrutiny and the powers to arrest and remove property under no more than a suspicion a crime has been committed. Criminals no longer fear punishment because the state has no interest in crimes not against the state like not payment of council tax, income tax and other income streams. Criminals don't pay too well to the state. They just cost money. The EU is being given powers from our government that they have no right to give. The laughably named opposition party is so bad that even against the most useless government in history they are barely making headway. It's looking worse for the UK than ever before. Although I do wonder if it is a conservative ploy to make sure they don't win the next election. After all when we hit the rails who really wants to be the one holding the steering wheel? If the wheels come off before the next election then Cameron will be replaced by a real politician who the tories think can straighten our country out. Restructure our PFI etc. and steer us away from the cliff edge, or, at the very least, we have a party with support that can.

We used to be the greatest nation on earth with innovation and hard work being the cornerstone of our success. All over the world British was used with pride and it meant something. What has happened to our moral backbone? We have become worse than weak. We are pathetic relying on handouts and meekly accepting a society we shed so much blood to reject in the early 1900s. Is it because over the last 50 years we have not had to shed any blood for our freedoms that we have become complacent? It seems that brought out the best in us and made us a force to be reckoned with. The British bulldogs stood up to be counted then. Maybe the muslim, russian or chinese threat may actual be what we need. Something to fight for. And the best bit is all the labour supporters who voted for these clowns are just the right age to be called up. How sweet that sounds.

One thing is certain. Gordo won't stop until he is removed. He is steaming full speed ahead with his policies despite the fact they are not working and there is nobody willing to stop him. Where is our Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg? I do find it unbelievable that everything that he has touched has failed. I can't think of one thing that he has been involved with over the last 10 years that has worked as intended. If I was his missus I wouldn't let him touch me with a record like that.

So not looking too good at the moment for the British Bulldog. Chained up and its teeth removed and neutered but it does get to watch daytime TV so at the moment it is happy. Although I would imagine that action will be taken if power problems cut of his fix of Oprah and Crossroads.

I'm depressed now. Think I'll move to Wales where at least I'll be looked after by socialist scum in my old age with the state paying.

posted by Bag @ 3:23 pm