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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
The Socialist Workers Party
From here:
"If 'Marxism' is anything to go by, we're screwed. The SWP are happier the further they are away from actually getting anything done. They are, in majority, a useless bunch for whom carping from the sidelines is far preferable to the compromises that will lead to anything actually getting done.
I was disgusted by the Marxism even when I attended, too many people from too many parties just there to proclaim themselves more left than the other, stuck with their heads in the clouds, expelling hot air and not trying to move anything forwards. They are happy in their complacency that waiving placards will bring the evil capitalist class to it's knees, but even if they did achieve that they would have no idea what to do next".
They are as bad as the Adam Smith Institute, blinded by dogma and usually too far up their own arses
"If 'Marxism' is anything to go by, we're screwed. The SWP are happier the further they are away from actually getting anything done. They are, in majority, a useless bunch for whom carping from the sidelines is far preferable to the compromises that will lead to anything actually getting done.
I was disgusted by the Marxism even when I attended, too many people from too many parties just there to proclaim themselves more left than the other, stuck with their heads in the clouds, expelling hot air and not trying to move anything forwards. They are happy in their complacency that waiving placards will bring the evil capitalist class to it's knees, but even if they did achieve that they would have no idea what to do next".
They are as bad as the Adam Smith Institute, blinded by dogma and usually too far up their own arses
Saturday, 8 August 2009
Class and knowing your place
Just listening to a bloke being interviewed on TMS lunch time.
He was talking about Upstairs Downstairs, and saying how good it was when everyone knew their place and no-one was aspirational.
I remember Phillip Blond, the 'red Tory', going on about how good it was back in the day when everyone knew their place.
Funny how the upper classes are always going on about it being good when people know their place. Funnily enough, there don't seem to be too many of the lower classes who pine for the good old days of what amounted to pretty much a caste system.
'Knowing your place' makes me sick. Some say class politics is dead, I think the upper classes' enthusiasm for people being stuck with their lot and knowing their place shows it's still alive and well
He was talking about Upstairs Downstairs, and saying how good it was when everyone knew their place and no-one was aspirational.
I remember Phillip Blond, the 'red Tory', going on about how good it was back in the day when everyone knew their place.
Funny how the upper classes are always going on about it being good when people know their place. Funnily enough, there don't seem to be too many of the lower classes who pine for the good old days of what amounted to pretty much a caste system.
'Knowing your place' makes me sick. Some say class politics is dead, I think the upper classes' enthusiasm for people being stuck with their lot and knowing their place shows it's still alive and well
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
The Left
From this interview with Mark Steel:
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The left certainly does hate success. In my experience, those on the far left like the SWP can only define themselves in opposition. Due to the need to be ideologically pure and further left than anyone else, the splits come too easily. I liken it to fundamentalist religion, where if anyone achieves the nirvana they are not to be trusted.
Most of the left, like SWP and Respect, are too busy arguing amoungst themselves over who is the most left-wing and nothing else matters to them. Pragmatism doesn’t get a look in.
Nye Bevan knew the way, but these so-called lefties know nothing of his work
Comment by Bearded Socialist — 23 June, 2009 @ 10:52 am
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Most of the Greens are know are good, proper lefties. Derek Wall is a genuine socialist and a legend in our times. The left should feel very comfortable supporting the Greens
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The left certainly does hate success. In my experience, those on the far left like the SWP can only define themselves in opposition. Due to the need to be ideologically pure and further left than anyone else, the splits come too easily. I liken it to fundamentalist religion, where if anyone achieves the nirvana they are not to be trusted.
Most of the left, like SWP and Respect, are too busy arguing amoungst themselves over who is the most left-wing and nothing else matters to them. Pragmatism doesn’t get a look in.
Nye Bevan knew the way, but these so-called lefties know nothing of his work
Comment by Bearded Socialist — 23 June, 2009 @ 10:52 am
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Most of the Greens are know are good, proper lefties. Derek Wall is a genuine socialist and a legend in our times. The left should feel very comfortable supporting the Greens
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