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Have yourselfs a look at Russell Brands interview with Jeremy Paxman!!!
does the man make more sense than any politician we have ??
i watched once thru then had to watch again with pause to check
the meaning of some of his words, and he made even more sense,
is it me or does anyone else agree?? Timelord.
 
He's so good in this interview, so eloquent and able to argue the best under the table.

Pity he left for the US for so long just because a few old fashioned grumps got their pants in a bunch over some joke phone calls
 
Timelord said:
Have yourselfs a look at Russell Brands interview with Jeremy Paxman!!!
does the man make more sense than any politician we have ??
i watched once thru then had to watch again with pause to check
the meaning of some of his words, and he made even more sense,
is it me or does anyone else agree?? Timelord.
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Just about anybody makes more sense than the politicians we have, so it's difficult to be sure. :)

I find him very irritating, and deeply unfunny, so must admit to some bias.

Nothing original though, all been said before, made no difference then, and won't now.

Revolution ? I don't think we have the collective spirit needed anymore.
 
Revolution ? I don't think we have the collective spirit needed anymore.
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Oh, I think you'll find after a few more Tory slaps the electorate will stop w*nking long enough to administer a bloody nose ;)
 
Brand is a self-proclaimed egalitarian, it's unlikely he'd want to be PM. Also, he all but says that our current representative-democratic system is a masquerade of an oligarchy, and at times borders on corporatocracy.

I'm personally in favour of a constituional, technocratic, direct democracy, or perhaps a polyarchical technocracy.
 
little_pob said:
Brand is a self-proclaimed egalitarian, it's unlikely he'd want to be PM. Also, he all but says that our current representative-democratic system is a masquerade of an oligarchy, and at times borders on corporatocracy.

I'm personally in favour of a constituional, technocratic, direct democracy, or perhaps a polyarchical technocracy.
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I'll stick with fair, reasonable, sensible, equal and not holding your breath :)
 
little_pob said:
Brand is a self-proclaimed egalitarian, it's unlikely he'd want to be PM. Also, he all but says that our current representative-democratic system is a masquerade of an oligarchy, and at times borders on corporatocracy.

I'm personally in favour of a constituional, technocratic, direct democracy, or perhaps a polyarchical technocracy.
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Please moderate your language, I keep having to refer to Wikipedia, and can't keep up !:LOL:
 
little_pob said:
All depends on your interpretation of equality. For example the egalitarian view points of equality of opportunity and equality of outcome tend to be mutually exclusive.
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Wikipedia is not the only source M8. Referring to another post (@danforth), we once embraced procreation to feed the manufacturing machine and, on occasion, the surplus was fed into the war machine. I suppose you could argue both satisfied 'equality of opportunity' and 'equality of outcome' as everyone had an equal chance of getting dead.

Hardly egalitarianism IMHO as some pushed and some fell? Oh, some jumped too!

Finally, the last part of my sentence 'not holding your breath' - a reference to Nirvana!
 
Him Her said:
Wikipedia is not the only source M8. Referring to another post (@danforth), we once embraced procreation to feed the manufacturing machine and, on occasion, the surplus was fed into the war machine. I suppose you could argue both satisfied 'equality of opportunity' and 'equality of outcome' as everyone had an equal chance of getting dead.

Hardly egalitarianism IMHO as some pushed and some fell? Oh, some jumped too!

Finally, the last part of my sentence 'not holding your breath' - a reference to Nirvana!
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Don't drag me into this. I used to know some big words as well, long forgotten, and when I check with Wiki I know why.

My bullsh*t filter is now completely clogged. I think I follow some of the discussion, but comment would probably shatter the illusion.:LOL:

Anyway before I nodded off in Wiki I remembered a mental note made long ago. What does "naif" mean ?:)
 
Him Her said:
Wikipedia is not the only source M8.
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Does the source make my point any less valid? That there are apparently conflicting approaches to equality?

(Or are you just checking that I understand that Wikipedia will only ever give a superficial explanation of social topics?)
Him Her said:
Referring to another post (@danforth), we once embraced procreation to feed the manufacturing machine and, on occasion, the surplus was fed into the war machine. I suppose you could argue both satisfied 'equality of opportunity' and 'equality of outcome' as everyone had an equal chance of getting dead.
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Ah, death! The great equaliser... at least until we achieve singularity.

Although, my understanding was that high child mortality rates also had a bearing on procreation rates.
Him Her said:
Hardly egalitarianism IMHO as some pushed and some fell? Oh, some jumped too!
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I suppose volunteering for military service can never be classed as an equal choice, because for some they see no other option.
Him Her said:
Finally, the last part of my sentence 'not holding your breath' - a reference to Nirvana!
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Although I enjoy theology, I know little about Buddhism. So don't get the reference?
 
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Would you guys with the big fancy words like to start your own political party?

Because you fecking well talk like them :(
 
wiz569 said:
Would you guys with the big fancy words like to start your own political party?

Because you fecking well talk like them :(
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Big words ending in 'ism' are usually political ideologies, conspicuous for their 100% failure rate.

Equality is impossible, not least because too few want it. Oh there's always plenty of bleating and beating of breasts but the reality is that as soon as the 'more equal' figure out what needs to be sacrificed to the 'less equal' the discussion will fade away. The best we can hope for is a moderate compromise.

Nirvana - heaven (or whatever in your belief system), the impossible dream in mine.

Nowt wrong with with Wiki, I was just being a sarky tw@t as it came top when I Googled 'equality of opportunity'.
@wiz569, better?
 
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Him Her said:
...Equality is impossible, not least because too few want it. Oh there's always plenty of bleating and beating of breasts but the reality is that as soon as the 'more equal' figure out what needs to be sacrificed to the 'less equal' the discussion will fade away. The best we can hope for is a moderate compromise...
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I really should get round to reading Animal Farm.
 
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