Of course. This is nothing to do with democracy. At the last election Archived Message
Posted by Laurie on May 30, 2019, 10:21 am, in reply to "Would you apply that to all votes or just this one?"
of those of voting age (52m according to CJ), 26.2% voted Tory, 24.8% voted Labour. So huge numbers didn't vote for the 2 main capitalist parties. And this was after a massive campaign by the corporate media and the corporate politicians to get us to endorse their tweedledee tweedledum charade. Putting noughts and crosses on a piece of paper has nothing to do with democracy. We don't get a vote to decide how our factories are run, how our hospitals are run – our police force, our army – whether there's going to be a massive building construction next door, or fracking round the corner. The ruling class sets the agenda (like it does in the corporate media – obvious examples – the campaign against Wikileaks/Assange and the war against Syria) – the most important one being the 'democracy' con trick. I don't think we should fall for it.
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- An interesting analysis of the real EU election numbers in the UK - CJ May 30, 2019, 4:43 am
- Re: An interesting analysis of the real EU election numbers in the UK - psingh May 30, 2019, 6:49 am
- Re: An interesting analysis of the real EU election numbers in the UK - Keith-264 May 30, 2019, 7:17 am
- 2016 Ref was culminstion of a prop campsign by the UK's richest targetting uneducated and elderly.nm - marknadim May 30, 2019, 7:19 am
- It worked. nm - marknadim May 30, 2019, 7:20 am
- 17 4 million, all uneducated, all racist, all nazis? Welcome to liberal fascism - psingh May 30, 2019, 8:16 am
- 70% of no post 16 educ'n, and 64% of over 65s - Leave. 68% of degree level - Remain. mmm nm - marknadim May 30, 2019, 3:12 pm
- Re: 70% of no post 16 educ'n, and 64% of over 65s - Leave. 68% of degree level - Remain. mmm nm - dereklane May 30, 2019, 4:57 pm
- How many of the remain grads got diluted degrees post 1990?....nm - Keith-264 May 30, 2019, 6:54 pm
- Re: 70% of no post 16 educ'n, and 64% of over 65s - Leave. 68% of degree level - Remain. mmm nm - Tomski May 30, 2019, 7:03 pm
- Just up to 16 education def limits critical thinking ability; a degree may make you a ouanquer but - marknadim May 31, 2019, 1:20 am
- Re: Just up to 16 education def limits critical thinking ability; a degree may make you a ouanquer but - dereklane May 31, 2019, 7:03 am
- Re: Just up to 16 education def limits critical thinking ability; a degree may make you a ouanquer but - Jamie May 31, 2019, 7:12 am
- I'm not sure about that - Keith-264 May 31, 2019, 7:27 am
- Not snobbery / ignorance, based on experience working in education and as parent. - marknadim May 31, 2019, 12:29 pm
- Re: Not snobbery / ignorance, based on experience working in education and as parent. - dereklane May 31, 2019, 7:21 pm
- Some - marknadim May 31, 2019, 11:03 pm
- Re: Some - dereklane June 1, 2019, 8:34 am
- Re: Some - marknadim June 1, 2019, 12:13 pm
- Re: Some - dereklane June 1, 2019, 8:43 pm
- Re: Some - marknadim June 1, 2019, 9:56 pm
- Highly-educated people begin as ignoramuses - Keith-264 June 1, 2019, 8:11 pm
- In my day, people had to be 2:1 material to think intellectually - Keith-264 June 1, 2019, 8:08 pm
- Re: 70% of no post 16 educ'n, and 64% of over 65s - Leave. 68% of degree level - Remain. mmm nm - Jamie May 30, 2019, 8:52 pm
- Was it my Ricky Tomlinson - Keith-264 May 30, 2019, 7:58 am
- Applied to the Brexit vote: 33.5% voted Brexit. Not an overwhelming endorsement. - Laurie May 30, 2019, 9:30 am
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