UK general election poll, may 7 2015, vote here

Have been following this thread and others on UK election, and I find all of this left vs. right debate so fucking farcical...

The evil right wing favour the rich, and the kind left wing favour the common folk ? That is such a fucking joke. If anything it shows how easily gullible people play into the comedia del arte that is moderns politics

The fact based reality is that both left and right parties care about the same thing : themselves, staying in power, and raping the people who elected them.

I have only recently moved back to the UK so could not vote, and I don't know enough about labour and Tories to have a smart opinion about the candidates, so maybe I am completely off base, and if so please educate me..


But when I see so many on here crying over the labour defeat because they "would have done so much for the common folk" and hating the conservatives because "they only favour the rich bankers" I can't help but feel that this is very simplistic reasoning.

The reality in many European countries over the last 30 years, is that the left has been much worse for "the common folk" than the right who are indeed in large favour of the very rich (see "society of lesters"). The left have overall reduced pensions which the mega rich car nothing about, increased unemployment which hits the less skilled and poorest the most, had unfavourable impact on forex which again hits the poorest the most etc...the examples of left wing governments deteriorating the everyday of average Joe are legion

I am not saying the right wing parties are a solution though...


The reality is
1) you don't actually have choice. Politics entertain the illusion of choice, but whether right or left, only politicians win. Society as a whole looses
every time
2) believing the left wing parties are a better option for the common folk is a farce. The left do no better for average joe than the right, and history back that's up.
3) taking stock of this reality and saying " there will soon be a riot" is idiotic. The majority of people are poor and fucked over by politicians, yen systematically vote against their best interest (back to point 1)
4) believing you will change anything by rioting only shows again how ignorant you are. If you want change, make it happen. Change what happens in your street, get elected to local council and move up...but that actually takes brains and balls and most people would rather watch TV...which is why this will carry on long after we are all dead


Now back to my bottle of whisky, rant over

The sad truth of it is most middle aged men get assimilated and comfortable and don't get angry anymore.

Go check out the sentences last time they rioted. They were slammed to fuck for their actions and a message was well and truly sent. The crushing of the people is not a small thing, its a massive program of considered responses, that are largely aimed at the psyche. Thats were the damage to the collective nature of people has been done. 


Dividium 
et
Conqurio*


*Translation may not be exactly accurate. 

Urban art is the assimilation of street art look at how shittily that went

From today's anti austerity protest in Whitehall. Defiling a war memorial to the memory of women. Interesting given the comments above about the belligerence of the left and the nation's subsequent rejection of their stance.

Not that I want a discussion, you understand… I'll leave those that like that kind of thing to do that.

I can post what I like, badrobot. Last time I looked there were no rules to insist on an ongoing conversation following each post we make?

Graffiti is awful isn't it. Still, as disrespectful as people may find this (easily removable) bit of paint, the Tories have done far worse in their time. 

Edit: And let's be fair. Single offensive acts cannot undermine the efforts of protestors that are standing up for what they believe in. In the same way that images of some thug of a copper shoving an innocent man in the back, ultimately killing him, shouldn't be used to undermine the peaceful and just efforts of every other police officer. A bastard is a bastard, but good people can stand apart from them. Despite what the media would like to have us believe.

I even found myself in the strange position of feeling sorry for UKIP voters. When you go out there in numbers and vote, and still don't feel represented, that can only lead to more frustration, resentment and anger.

Scary isn't it?!? I did too! 3 million votes and one seat , i mean I abhor them but really the third largest party and literally no voice in our so called democracy.

Sad in so many ways. Again goes to show how the system has won, getting to deface what they should be so proud to stand for...

Depriving people of critical sense, education, the ability to think, is the real victory of this system. And we are all complacent actors of this farce...makes me fucking sick


And that is the 4th bottle this evening so yeah, I'm not feeling too happy