Democracy is
dieing in the USA. We have two main parties both corporate in
outlook. Bernie Sander"s movement has yet to reform the
Democrats. The electorate and the Trump movement is washed in
ignorance, despair and unable to distinguish between critical
thinking and fake news. Every criticism is seen as part of a left
wing conspiracy. The curse of late Athenian democracy haunts both the
USA and the European states. The demagogic politicians have taken
over and there is no reality.
In America at
best, we have a demagogue with a thin skin and a large ego and at
worst a gangster billionaire corrupt with a desire to bully, dominate
and control the truth. In the UK a Vicars daughter who believes in
nothing but power and slogans battles against a gentler kinder and
subtler leader of the Labour party. Crude nationalism of the English
kind unfurls the flag and demonized reasonable thought and
speculation. A vile pair of politicians , May and Trump slouch
towards a plutocratic Bethlehem .The new age is an age of bling and
bland meaning. The Liberal Democrats are led by a man who is unsure
of his world view...we cannot tell if he is of St Augustine of Hippo
with his belief in original sin or a modern believer in the
enlightenment belief of original blessings. A subtle and well thought
out Labour manifesto and a Green Party setting the progressive agenda
but are ignored by a stupid right wing media and press. There is no
room for debate except on social media and the left seems able to
reach many but scarcely enough. The SNP seem increasingly right wing
and Nicola Sturgeon seems more Thatcher like everyday. Piers Morgan's
sneering face stares out at us all a fitting bland simpleton for the
age of May and Trump
If John
McCain a narrow mean minded conservative thinks that the crisis in
the Whitehorse is approaching Watergate in scope then it says it all.
I understand that Trump has such a low attention ability that his
aides place his name in every paragraph so that he keeps reading. We
have an egotistical 70 year old toddler in the Whitehouse .....
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