On the weekend that saw a mass protest in cities across the UK against austerity my mind has concentrated on some of the effects of austerity on a tired and now mainly poor population. I have also watched the stand off in Europe with Greece. How the hell you can hold the poor in this country (and others) responsible for the banks loosing 1.8 trillion pounds is beyond me. Im sorry I dont get it and with figures that enormous how come no one is chasing the idiots that actually lost it?
I just cannot fathom how chasing some poor, disabled and lonely old person for tax owed on her spare room can be ethical or help the general good. Its almost vindictive and how the populace can re-elect the bastards who designed and impose it is beyond my ken. Its almost feudal in its severity and cruel to impose it on the elderly and frequently disabled who frankly have enough to contend with.
Once again its an alarming illustration of the Government chasing those they should be protecting, in this case, from the excesses of the banks cock up. It is not the elderly's fault and so why should they have to and the rest of those we deem disadvantaged have to pay for the rich totally messed up attempt to get richer. How can they justify chasing someone for £50 over payment of disability benefit for example, or those who have an empty bedroom and not chase the arse holes that lost 1.8 trillion.????
I for one wonder at the silent majority and their ability to soldier on and accept such bad governance. I know many are worried about the gulf that now divides us from those who are supposed to lead us. Never was it so wide.. These idiots in the Westminster bubble have no grasp of reality. They really think we worry about Scottish independence and leaving or staying in the EEC more than zero hour contracts and ever increasing cost of living.
Beyond that is the amazing lack of any kind of direction in the EU and the USA on the current problems that stem from half of Africa being at war.
It seems the man in the street worries more about the world in flames with racial,tribal and religious turmoil than the UN. We worry about the 99 percent of the population being far poorer than the 1 percent who own the world. We worry about the lost values of tolerance and fair play we once believed in and that acted as the glue that held society together. We worry about the United Nations now being totally unable to cope and unfit for the purpose for which it was created and we worry that even the Pope has pointed out a few simple truths and as usual been totally ignored. Thus, what will serve as notice to those who lead us to get off their self opinionated, self centered arses and do something.
The world is a beautiful place and we have to face a choice soon as to whether the basic principles of democracy still apply. Whether the endless pursuit of wealth has any value in a world where most of us will never amass any wealth and its source is so finite and owned by so few. Whether it is time to sort out the worlds ethnic, tribal and religious differences in a more simple way than the AK47 in the hope that good will triumph over evil?
If we do not, then I think we will not be here much longer. In the absence of a forum in which to discuss these issues without the clout to enforce agreements I think wise men now need to pray for peace and prepare for war. Many believe this war is coming and it really could be the last war of good against evil upon the horizon... I remain hopeful that wise council will prevail.. But its going to be close for social cohesion is weakening and we are polarising along ethnic and religious lines as always happens at times of threat. Its natural and inbred in us and no amount of political correctness or multiculturalism will stop that from drawing the battle lines. History proves this Im afraid.
I spent over four years in the former Yugoslavia watching the process from start to bloody conclusion and I pray for another outcome but doubt it.
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