Author Archives: formerdundeeman

Why bankers are not prosecuted and the poor are

Posted on March 7, 2016 by formerdundeeman

Currently reading Matt Taibbi’s book “The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap” which is yet another important piece of writing from this US journalist and author. Basically he’s exploring why not a single banker went to … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Ethics, Politics, Poverty | Tagged equality, law, Matt Taibbi, poverty, USA | Leave a comment

Beaten to Death by Clowns

Posted on January 8, 2016 by formerdundeeman

Amateur Night in the Big Top is a 2003 album by Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays fame. In my mind it is brilliant. Varied, complex music with a variety of styles including jazz, dance and eastern; cross references, reprises and Ryder … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Review, United Kingdom | Tagged freedom, happy mondays, Neoliberal, politics, shaun ryder, sleaford mods | Leave a comment

Viz Magazine’s No.22 Shit Street

Posted on June 10, 2015 by formerdundeeman

Back in the mid-1990s there was an issue of Viz comic that featured a miniature porcelain house of the sort that features on the back of certain magazines aimed at the more senior, doddery citizens. The difference was that this … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Poverty, United Kingdom | Tagged austerity, Neoconservative, poverty, UK, viz | 1 Comment

UK: The slippery slope

Posted on May 10, 2015 by formerdundeeman

Excellent comment on Craig Murray’s blog today by Mary: Day 1. Cameron promised he would scrap the Human Rights Act. Now he says it’s at the top of his list. ‘Among Mr Cameron’s first legislative priorities will be to enshrine … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, United Kingdom | Tagged fascism, freedom, Neoconservative | Leave a comment

The Deficit: Why our weakest citizens must suffer

Posted on April 24, 2015 by formerdundeeman

What is this deficit we hear about continuously? Why are we driving the weakest people in our society to suicide in order to reduce this deficit? When was the last time someone explained to you exactly what this word and … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, United Kingdom | Tagged austerity, Business, deficit, economics, Neoconservative, Neoliberal, poverty, welfare | Leave a comment

Yes Voters Were Actually Rather Brave

Posted on April 23, 2015 by formerdundeeman

After the initial massive disappointment last September I began to think a little more about what was actually achieved by the Scottish independence movement. Recently I’ve begun connecting with people on Twitter again and discussing the General Election in May. … Continue reading →

Posted in Independence, United Kingdom | Tagged equality, EU, independence, independent Scotland, nationalism, Neoliberal, politics, scottish independence, workers rights | 1 Comment

Psychopathic Cultures and Toxic Empires

Posted on April 10, 2015 by formerdundeeman

Will Black’s brilliant book Psychopathic Cultures and Toxic Empires is absolutely essential reading if you want to stop being shocked every day some Establishment figure or powerful organization does something disgusting. Of course they do terrible things – they are psychopaths. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged Blair, independent Scotland, Jim Murphy, Jimmy Savile, neocon, psychopath | 1 Comment

The DIY Austerity Experiment You Can Do!

Posted on March 27, 2015 by formerdundeeman

During economic recession should a country increase spending or impose austerity? So who is right in all this? Economists have been fighting over this for centuries and still we have no answer. Surely it must be simple? Do we get … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Ethics, Poverty, United Kingdom | Tagged economics, equality, EU, friedman, Neoliberal, poverty, recession | 1 Comment

Any Random Therapy – the Ultimate Psychotherapy?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by formerdundeeman

If you bother to take a look at Wikipedia’s list of psychotherapies you will find a rather impressive number of them. More so when you think there’s an even greater number of less official therapies hiding behind the self-improvement and … Continue reading →

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Our Society is Run by Junkies (and don’t kid yourself)

Posted on December 11, 2014 by formerdundeeman

Is society increasingly dominated by people who are for all intents and purposes junkies? Look at the evidence. How do our business leaders and our politicians behave? From a review of the 1992 book When Society Becomes an Addict by Anne Wilson Schaef: Many politicians behave … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, United Kingdom | Tagged alpha, ayn rand, Business, entrepreneur, neocon, Neoconservative, Neoliberal, self-improvement, welfare | 3 Comments