Re: So do we have a third referendum after the second, dtj? And then another .... Archived Message
Posted by dovetailjoint on February 27, 2019, 3:47 pm, in reply to "Re: So do we have a third referendum after the second, dtj? And then another ...."
In truth, I think we should and need to install a 'peoples' dictatorship' for a few decades and put democracy away for a while, whilst we deal with the planetary climate castastrphe that's staring us in the face. During this period of strictly enforced austerity, where living standards would be dramatically reduced and taxes raised dramatically at the same time for almost everyone and rationing imposed like in wartime; there wouldn't be much 'democracy' around. If you din't like the peoples' dictatorship, too bad. Now, increasingly, I'm not all that bothered about whether the dictatorship is called 'left' or 'rightwing' as long as it gets the job done effectively. There's going to have to be an awful lot of discipline imposed on people, one way or another and I don't see that happening with some form of popular dictatorhip ready to face up to the enormous challenges we face. Capitalism and the 'free market' would, of necessity, have to be radically altered and a form of wartime merchantilism introduced, probaly for at least fifty years or more; then when the climate has hopefully restabilised one could begin, slowly, to talk about reintroducing a limited form of democracy and free elections.
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Message Thread:
- Corbyn signs his own death warrant - psingh February 26, 2019, 10:16 pm
- Read this, Ken, and learn something. - scrabb February 26, 2019, 10:59 pm
- Oh, not again nm - mack February 26, 2019, 11:00 pm
- Not until the fat lady sings me ol' china ... - Tomski February 27, 2019, 12:59 am
- We'll see what the voters think, won't we Kit? 'Many a slip' for prognosticators. NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym February 27, 2019, 6:29 am
- Re: We'll see what the voters think, won't we Kit? 'Many a slip' for prognosticators. NOM - dovetailjoint February 27, 2019, 8:23 am
- "People's Vote" - Gerard February 27, 2019, 11:48 am
- So do we have a third referendum after the second, dtj? And then another .... - scrabb February 27, 2019, 12:29 pm
- Re: So do we have a third referendum after the second, dtj? And then another .... - AlanG February 27, 2019, 1:32 pm
- When you find yourself singing along with the Sun... - Ken Waldron February 27, 2019, 1:34 pm
- Re: So do we have a third referendum after the second, dtj? And then another .... - Gerard February 27, 2019, 2:24 pm
- Re: So do we have a third referendum after the second, dtj? And then another .... - dovetailjoint February 27, 2019, 3:47 pm
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