This morning, I joined presenter Mike Graham on TalkTV to discuss the disorder that has broken out in Ballymena and Salford, and to consider the question of whether Britain is heading for a ‘summer of discontent’.
Another good interview Paul. I believe David Betz is right and civil war , propagated by inept and cowardly politicians, is inevitable. Our only hope is a dismantling of the captured civil service, Dominic Cummings was right all along Ministers have no clue and do what the captured Blob tell them.
‘The greater part of the population dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled’. ( Complete essays Vol ii 1926-1929)
There is only a small section of our UK population that is sceptical enough and motivated to force change from the status quo. The vast majority consume the main stream media and basically don’t bother or aren’t interested in delving into such questions as how power operates in society. We seem to be a nation who often prefer to queue patiently, shake our heads at injustice but keep our heads down. Of course the economic decline, mass immigration, the small boats, Labour’s cock ups are all ruffling feathers but civil war - never!
Definitely we’re sitting on tinder box. At the moment I expect apathy, media consensus and fear will keep most of us in check. On the other hand we don’t know what’s down the line. We can assume that within the next few years a major terrorist incident, infrastructure failure or economic crisis are more likely than not. And who knows what will happen?
Excellent interview Paul which sums up where we currently are in this country.
Interestingly, I’m in the middle of reading Philip Pilkington’s book “The collapse of global liberalism” in which he quotes Wang Huning. Wang believes liberalism cannot survive because on the “on the one hand, social progress requires a new value system breaking the shackles of the old one; on the other hand, social harmony and institutional stability require maintaining the core part of a society’s value system otherwise a society’s value system will come to an end, and it is inevitable that the whole society will fall into chaos and moral crisis.”
The fact that British history is not being passed on positively to the next generation is in my view, yet another symbol of our impending demise.
Another good interview Paul. I believe David Betz is right and civil war , propagated by inept and cowardly politicians, is inevitable. Our only hope is a dismantling of the captured civil service, Dominic Cummings was right all along Ministers have no clue and do what the captured Blob tell them.
Definitely and more...
Aldous Huxley wrote the following:
‘The greater part of the population dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled’. ( Complete essays Vol ii 1926-1929)
There is only a small section of our UK population that is sceptical enough and motivated to force change from the status quo. The vast majority consume the main stream media and basically don’t bother or aren’t interested in delving into such questions as how power operates in society. We seem to be a nation who often prefer to queue patiently, shake our heads at injustice but keep our heads down. Of course the economic decline, mass immigration, the small boats, Labour’s cock ups are all ruffling feathers but civil war - never!
Definitely we’re sitting on tinder box. At the moment I expect apathy, media consensus and fear will keep most of us in check. On the other hand we don’t know what’s down the line. We can assume that within the next few years a major terrorist incident, infrastructure failure or economic crisis are more likely than not. And who knows what will happen?
Excellent interview Paul which sums up where we currently are in this country.
Interestingly, I’m in the middle of reading Philip Pilkington’s book “The collapse of global liberalism” in which he quotes Wang Huning. Wang believes liberalism cannot survive because on the “on the one hand, social progress requires a new value system breaking the shackles of the old one; on the other hand, social harmony and institutional stability require maintaining the core part of a society’s value system otherwise a society’s value system will come to an end, and it is inevitable that the whole society will fall into chaos and moral crisis.”
The fact that British history is not being passed on positively to the next generation is in my view, yet another symbol of our impending demise.