Tag Archives: equality

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

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

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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Holistic Politics vs That’s what you are, what am I?

Posted on October 16, 2014 by formerdundeeman

Increasingly I despair when looking at politics. The average politician these days is a simpleton bully, the kind of moron you had at school who would keep yelling the same line over and over again until everyone else was battered … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Ethics, Independence, Poverty, United Kingdom | Tagged Environment, equality, freedom, independent Scotland, politics, poverty, scottish independence, UK, welfare, workers rights | Leave a comment

It’s not a Referendum, it’s a Revolution

Posted on September 16, 2014 by formerdundeeman

“It’s not a Referendum, it’s a Revolution,” says Mark McGowan, the Artist Taxi Driver in one of his incredibly loud and passionate YouTube monologues. And he is completely correct. To think this question of whether Scotland should be independent or not … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economics, Ethics, Independence, Politics, Poverty, United Kingdom | Tagged Artist Taxi Driver, empire, Environment, equality, freedom, Neoliberal, poverty, Scotland, scottish independence, xenophobia | Leave a comment

How does UK compare with Holland? Badly

Posted on August 28, 2014 by formerdundeeman

How does UK compare with Holland? I’m asked about this once in awhile. To be honest I should be asked this more often by Brits. Because despite the relatively small amount of water between the UK and the Netherlands, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Europe, Independence, Poverty, United Kingdom | Tagged economics, empire, equality, independent Scotland, Neoliberal, poverty, welfare, workers rights | 3 Comments

French Economist Proves What Most Know True: Capitalism is a Rigged Game

Posted on June 2, 2014 by formerdundeeman

Despite the rather feeble nit-picking effort of the Financial Times, French economist Thomas Piketty has done some tremendous work in proving what anyone with their eyes open and without hypocrisy or delusion already knows: capitalism in the form societies have … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, Poverty | Tagged equality, Neoliberal, poverty, scottish independence, welfare, workers rights | 2 Comments

Independent Scotland Will Set the UK Free

Posted on April 22, 2014 by formerdundeeman

Beyond the humour and relatively friendly, openness of the people, the overriding, defining trait of the UK is the class system. It has always been so. Living in the Netherlands, relatively free of class differences, and looking back at Blighty … Continue reading →

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