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Category Archives: Politics
Why bankers are not prosecuted and the poor are
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
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Viz Magazine’s No.22 Shit Street
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
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UK: The slippery slope
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
The Deficit: Why our weakest citizens must suffer
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
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Psychopathic Cultures and Toxic Empires
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
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Our Society is Run by Junkies (and don’t kid yourself)
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
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How did Overhead become more Important than Work?
As a modern society we decide that there is a minimum standard of living and facilities that we are prepared to tolerate. If we had not desired this then we’d all still be living in caves and chasing our food … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economics, Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, Poverty, Technology
Tagged Business, economics, freedom, Neoliberal, politics, poverty, welfare
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Parpcaster – From Broke to $1Billion IPO in 6 months
From its humble beginnings in a student dorm room just six months ago, Parpcaster.com has come a long way. The new darling of the financial markets, this upstart British based technology company is set to sweep the world stage, treading … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, Poverty, United Kingdom
Tagged Business, ipo, startup, venture capital
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Poll Tax Arrears Threat – Pure Evil
What can you honestly say about the plans of various Scottish councils to chase 25 year old poll tax arrears based on voter registrations from the Scottish independence referendum? Think about what this means? Why would they do this after … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Independence, Politics, Poverty, Project Fear, United Kingdom
Tagged freedom, independent Scotland, politics, poll tax, poverty, welfare
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The Elite Will Destroy Themselves (and take the rest of us with them)
There was a feature length documentary a couple of years back that provided me with one of those paradigm shift things that self-improvement gurus are apt to talk about. The film was called “Surviving Progress“. The premise was that there … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economics, Ethics, Politics, Poverty
Tagged economics, Environment, Neoliberal, politics, welfare
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