Yep...
I said the other day on here - this is what Small Government means and looks like. Those with the fewest means and the smallest voice will always suffer in the struggle resulting from a smaller safety net being their only hope.
Smart right wingers, of which there seems to be a scarcity, realise that they walk the streets safely and their homes are not ransacked, not because of laws and coppers, but because of a healthy civic society and a social contract that binds us all together, regardless of wealth and circumstance, underpinned by decency, humanity and empathy.
You deliberately destroy that contract at your peril.
I think that the civic society of which you speak has been endangered to breaking point in the last 40 years due to the relentless focus on profit over the welfare of society. One of the tools that have been used to bring this about has been privatisation. In my opinion it is high time this was reversed. I personally believe in a mixed economy with asocial conscience. To that end I think Corbyn could do this country a lot of good if he got into power and started his programme of re-nationalisation as the Labour manifesto promised. I don't advocate that manufacturing industries should necessarily be nationalised but the services on which the common people rely from day to day certainly should be. A good point to start would be gas, electricity, communications, railways, water, postal services, health etc. I don't think a richer society that is selfish is better than a society that is more equal and looks after all it's citizens regardless of their wealth. I think the pendulum has swung too far and a correction is long overdue. This seems to me to be the only way to preserve cohesion and civility in society.Smart right wingers, of which there seems to be a scarcity, realise that they walk the streets safely and their homes are not ransacked, not because of laws and coppers, but because of a healthy civic society and a social contract that binds us all together, regardless of wealth and circumstance, underpinned by decency, humanity and empathy.
You deliberately destroy that contract at your peril.
Old Bill would be struggling to do that without a court order, which would take some time.I tell you what would cause unrest, if a family of survivors broke in and squatted in one of these houses and the coppers went in to try and evict them.
Yep...
Communications? Seriously?I think that the civic society of which you speak has been endangered to breaking point in the last 40 years due to the relentless focus on profit over the welfare of society. One of the tools that have been used to bring this about has been privatisation. In my opinion it is high time this was reversed. I personally believe in a mixed economy with asocial conscience. To that end I think Corbyn could do this country a lot of good if he got into power and started his programme of re-nationalisation as the Labour manifesto promised. I don't advocate that manufacturing industries should necessarily be nationalised but the services on which the common people rely from day to day certainly should be. A good point to start would be gas, electricity, communications, railways, water, postal services, health etc. I don't think a richer society that is selfish is better than a society that is more equal and looks after all it's citizens regardless of their wealth. I think the pendulum has swung too far and a correction is long overdue. This seems to me to be the only way to preserve cohesion and civility in society.
In years to come this post will be a case study in projection
Agree with the thrust of your post, apart from the scarcity of smart right-wingers. It does make me chuckle when those on the left proclaim they have a near monopoly on intelligence. It's bollocks, frankly.Smart right wingers, of which there seems to be a scarcity, realise that they walk the streets safely and their homes are not ransacked, not because of laws and coppers, but because of a healthy civic society and a social contract that binds us all together, regardless of wealth and circumstance, underpinned by decency, humanity and empathy.
You deliberately destroy that contract at your peril.
Don't make me laugh your lot (the extreme socialists) seem determined to bring anarchy to the country. Can see a riot happening in London this year.
Agree with the thrust of your post, apart from the scarcity of smart right-wingers. It does make me chuckle when those on the left proclaim they have a near monopoly on intelligence. It's bollocks, frankly.