Tuesday 14 November 2023

Scamocracy

I’m writing a book exploring the notion that the current political system simply serves to keep itself going on the basis that people are under the illusion that they somehow have a choice in the government of ‘society’.

In reality the whole system is a scam keeping people subjugated and prevents revolution.

In this ‘scamocracy’ as I call it now and again a so called ‘progressive’ government is elected, which allows selected legislation giving the impression that people can influence and mitigate the capitalist status quo. This ‘progressive’ government never usually lasts more than two political terms with the second term often much weaker or even a coalition, only for the establishment party (in the U.K. it’s the Conservatives) to gain true power again when there has been a change of personnel and therefore selling themselves as a ‘new approach’. This being the case for example. the current Labour Party is simply a functioning part of conservative rule, acting as a kind of volcanic eruption releasing the stress of ongoing establishment misrule. 

In order for people’s lives to improve and for society to improve the entire system needs to change from being a Scamocracy to a system where there is in theory no such thing as a ‘politician’ and humans are ‘trained’ in how to organise and ‘govern’ without the need for the pursuit of power.


Whether this is my first political treatise or simply the basis of yet more unpublished dystopian fiction I am yet to decide - probably I’d go dystopian fiction (even though it’s true)


Sunday 27 August 2023

Hiatus

Had a bit of a break from Blogger mainly because I found the site a bit difficult to navigate.

Now I’ve retired and I have more time to struggle with technology I thought I’d get back into the blog. It still looks like I’m struggling with the technology though. The app on my phone doesn’t seem to work properly and I’ve had to resort to sending ‘a letter’.

I guess practice makes perfect. A lot has happened since my last post. The country has completely gone to shit since doing well at the Olympics in London. Helen and I have now lost BOTH parents and Freddie is in the 4th year at school (year 10 to the young ‘uns).

I’m learning new things. I was frustrated to learn that I wasn’t eligible for a student loan as I already had s degree, even though I paid for it myself. Gutted actually as I was really hoping to do Marine Biology and Oceanography in Bangor.

Never mind… instead I am using the time instead



to learn the ukulele and (currently) HTML (…have enrolled in Code Academy and plan CSS, JavaScript and Python next). Yeah right - my reaction to the struggle with technology!



Monday 2 September 2013

Syria

President Obama and his Secretary of State John Kerry are putting pressure on the Government of another country to change a decision that was democratically made only a few days previously. No - not an African country this time but the UK.

What I found astounding is that Obama has his own vote in his own Government, which we are led to believe is far from a foregone conclusion. Reports say there is a good chance he will lose the vote for permission to bomb the Syrians in order to save them.

I'm left feeling that if our Government HAD voted to strike Syria then we would have been doing it alone without the Americans. Worse than that, if Cameron capitulates and has a second vote in which the hawks win - and the American Government then votes against we would be left an a very sticky wicket care of Obama and co. Cheers guys.

It might be a special relationship, but sometimes it feels like we're being cheated on.

Wednesday 31 July 2013

Stressed

I am not stressed. I realise now that there is no escape from the technological tsunami. I should go with the flow, swim with the jellyfish.

I write and publish this on an iPhone. I am now in fear that I will be left behind, washed up on the shore and technology will render me stranded and covered in the seaweed of gadgets. I yearn for a Sinclair ZX81. Simply to hold it and breathe in its minuscule silicon beauty.

Where will it all end? Language chips inserted in the head like Nintendo DS games enabling us to understand and speak a foreign language when we go on holiday?

I'd keep "Arabic" in my hand luggage. ...might come in handy!




 

Wednesday 5 October 2011

Downturn Abbey


It must be very comforting for the thousands of students forced into heavy debt to hear Cameron’s advice on credit cards and loans!

I don’t think I am happy to be lectured to by an out of touch prime minister on my own economic behaviour, as if I am to blame for the UK’s economic demise.

I might be more willing to listen if the Government analysed its own spending behaviour. The recent credit card purchases I can’t really afford amount to a couple of CDs from play.com and some tickets to the Kaiser Chiefs in Llandudno. I haven’t, for example, recently bought a nuclear missile system for £19 billion that will be obsolete before it is installed just to keep the United States happy!


Friday 12 August 2011

Broken Britain

It is just sinking in what David Cameron actually said about the recent riots when he appeared on TV...

(We have to remember that there weren't any riots in Wales, Scotland, or even Northern Ireland!)

He said "There are parts of Britain that are not just broken, but quite frankly - sick!"

Yes David - it's the bit called England!

Bear Necessities



That polar bear thing is in the news again.

Just when you might think that a sharp shooting Norwegian gunman might come in handy – there isn’t one around. The incident has queried my pitch as a therapist too. When dealing with post traumatic stress, and intrusive thoughts in particular, I try to convey the idea that the more we try not to think of something, it pushes it’s way in. “Think of a Polar Bear…” I usually start to say, only now… I’m not so sure it is a good example.

Something like this always causes questions over school trips. The danger is that we will overcompensate and refuse to take the school kids walking in the woods for fear of stinging nettles and resulting litigation. On that basis you would have thought Svalbard was quite safe (no stinging nettles).

Before the litigation frenzy squad start banning school outings I think we need to consider the following…

1 - Polar Bears eat people. That’s what they do.

2 - Polar Bears live in Svalbard, and they particularly hate campers it would seem.

3 - Don’t go to Svalbard unless you are prepared to stay in a nice hotel.


The thing is, my niece went to Las Vegas for her school based holiday – so it occurs to me that the parents concerned need to consider moving their child to a different school. Colwyn Bay High School perhaps.