- Re: Watch what they do, not what they say Archived Message
Posted by dereklane
on November 13, 2019, 7:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Watch what they do, not what they say"
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Re young ones, yes, perhaps. The idealism of youth turns sour in the old, often. It's why nothing ever changes. The old, 'I thought that way once' is an excellent means of defeating and deflating the vigour of the young most likely to want real change. As we age, we gather things and a niche in this corrupt society, which paves the way to quell real agitation, and prompt real change. Because while we want a little change (like a gardener complaining it's been too dry, wet, cold or hot), we don't want too much of it, because it might disrupt our hard earned place in the pecking order. Rik (and Vivian too probably) both thought similarly from different angles, and it was an eternal joke to the very middle class Ben elton. So I'd agree, at least in principle. We don't of course need more fascism to provoke a response. We have all we need for that and have for a long time. The question is, where is the response? Voting for either side of the same coin, in the two party (one position) system that provides a nice backdrop to all the great western nations facade of democracy is of course, already a farce. If noone voted and they carried on as usual it would pull the scales from everyone's eyes. If no one voted and parliament stopped as a result, the system rejigged to include real options etc, we'd be getting somewhere. Either way, one result would change nothing(except to perhaps stir people's resolve collectively), the other might change something. But of course it's better to never rock the boat. After all, we might just end up in the saltwater. |