Re: Has been doesn't mean always will.... Archived Message
Posted by dovetailjoint on March 23, 2019, 8:33 pm, in reply to "Has been doesn't mean always will...."
As a leading European or western nation, the UK was very influential in being the first country to adopt, under Margaret Thatcher, the core principles of neo-liberalism. These dogmas, these ideas, spread from the UK to the rest of Europe, where others dreamt of following in Thatcher's footprints. Only this was difficult because in northern Europe the working class hadn't been totally crushed. There was no version of the 1984 Miners' strike anywhere in Europe. What Thatcherism did was act as a shop-window for ultra-liberal economic and social policies that appeared to work and this put the left and social democrats on the defensive everywhere. I can't see why describing reality, the world as it is now, in taken as meaning one supports or condones it? That I find much of the left absurd, doesn't necessarily mean I support the right. And this Basani guy made me smile when he called the EU 'undemocratic.' What is he talking about? Hasn't he looked at Westminster elections lately? At least Europe uses proportional representation, unlike the UK. Even the European Parliament uses pr, which, all things considered is a better and more democratic system than first past the post, that should have gone with the Victorian era. How can the left ever hope to gain power when they so obvioulsy confuse their dreams and wishes with harsh reality? If one doesn't even see the world clearly and without lefty sentimentality does one really have what it takes to change it fundamentally. The UK could, I suppose, choose the Cuban or North Korean model for society, come the revolution, good luck with that!
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