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They will be sending in Javier Milei and Elon Musk with those chainsaws to get everyone fired up for some serious deforestation
December 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
They will be sending in Javier Milei and Elon Musk with those chainsaws to get everyone fired up for some serious deforestation
It's blatant conflation of the state of Israel with British Jews, which fuels the rising levels antisemitism we see and likely contributed to the recent horrific attack on a synagogue.
October 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It's blatant conflation of the state of Israel with British Jews, which fuels the rising levels antisemitism we see and likely contributed to the recent horrific attack on a synagogue.
And the one your grandkids will inherit?
September 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
And the one your grandkids will inherit?
I agree with you on this. We have to be pragmatic and base our decisions on empirical evidence and humane moral assumptions rather than on a poor understanding of the science and ideology, which no one, including us on the left, is immune to.
September 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I agree with you on this. We have to be pragmatic and base our decisions on empirical evidence and humane moral assumptions rather than on a poor understanding of the science and ideology, which no one, including us on the left, is immune to.
I'm sure Owen is right. It may take years or decades but when todays young people, who have known nothing but austerity and inhumanity from government during their formative years, are in positions of power im sure things will change.
August 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I'm sure Owen is right. It may take years or decades but when todays young people, who have known nothing but austerity and inhumanity from government during their formative years, are in positions of power im sure things will change.
And its not as if PA is a government agency where revealing sensitive intelligence about their operations or organisational structure ect would pose a security risk. If MI5 had infiltrated them and uncovered a plot to bomb UK cities it would be broadcast all over the media.
August 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
And its not as if PA is a government agency where revealing sensitive intelligence about their operations or organisational structure ect would pose a security risk. If MI5 had infiltrated them and uncovered a plot to bomb UK cities it would be broadcast all over the media.
I'm pretty sure that any genuine "secret evidence" that PA does in fact conform to the definition of "terrorist organization" wouldn't be secret for long. If there was a rational, evidence based argument for their proscription it would be rammed down our throats at every opportunity.
August 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I'm pretty sure that any genuine "secret evidence" that PA does in fact conform to the definition of "terrorist organization" wouldn't be secret for long. If there was a rational, evidence based argument for their proscription it would be rammed down our throats at every opportunity.
Obliged to agree that should read. It would be a dark day if you had been charged under the terrorism act for a placard showing a factual satement.
July 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Obliged to agree that should read. It would be a dark day if you had been charged under the terrorism act for a placard showing a factual satement.
Surely the sign you were holding is a statement of fact, and not an opinion. If you you compare PAs words and actions with the definitions of both words you can logically conclude only that they are protesters and not terrorists and I would hope that any court would be abliged to agree.
July 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Surely the sign you were holding is a statement of fact, and not an opinion. If you you compare PAs words and actions with the definitions of both words you can logically conclude only that they are protesters and not terrorists and I would hope that any court would be abliged to agree.
Thats a great placard, I agree. Hopefully other people will take inspiration to demonstrate the obvious point that organizations "supported" by large numbers of ordinary people don't tend to be the ones that terrorise people, such as the IDF.
July 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thats a great placard, I agree. Hopefully other people will take inspiration to demonstrate the obvious point that organizations "supported" by large numbers of ordinary people don't tend to be the ones that terrorise people, such as the IDF.
Indeed. I will become a "terrorist supporter" as well later today. At least we will be well entertained by all the musicians in with us. Solidarity with Kneecap and Bob Vylan as well.
June 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Indeed. I will become a "terrorist supporter" as well later today. At least we will be well entertained by all the musicians in with us. Solidarity with Kneecap and Bob Vylan as well.
he has set about bringing the aesthetics of his golf course to farmland which involves waging a war on all "weeds" with brushcutters and pesticide to leave only grass kept short with strimmers in areas the sheep can't get to.
June 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
he has set about bringing the aesthetics of his golf course to farmland which involves waging a war on all "weeds" with brushcutters and pesticide to leave only grass kept short with strimmers in areas the sheep can't get to.
Having replaced a probably medieval farm house nestled in the landscape with a Lego mini mansion complete with fake Paladian portico set upon an artificial bank,
June 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Having replaced a probably medieval farm house nestled in the landscape with a Lego mini mansion complete with fake Paladian portico set upon an artificial bank,
I recently worked for a retired businessman and his wife who encapsulate this aesthetics over pragmatism. They are living their bucolic fantasy of being (sheep of course) farmers.
June 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I recently worked for a retired businessman and his wife who encapsulate this aesthetics over pragmatism. They are living their bucolic fantasy of being (sheep of course) farmers.
And I hasten to add im concerned that ai will lead to thinking and reasoning becoming another aspect of life lost to commdification in the market.
June 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
And I hasten to add im concerned that ai will lead to thinking and reasoning becoming another aspect of life lost to commdification in the market.
Or "moral licencing". Along with "Appeal to self" i got this from Deepseek, so I'm not that clever. Although I I worry about the future AI (and other aspects of the polycrisis) are ushering in, I find it usefull sometimes.
June 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Or "moral licencing". Along with "Appeal to self" i got this from Deepseek, so I'm not that clever. Although I I worry about the future AI (and other aspects of the polycrisis) are ushering in, I find it usefull sometimes.
And the technology behind them was developed and designed by scientists and engineers (labour again), no-one in a business suit representing capital was involved in that either, although they take the credit..and the money.
May 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
And the technology behind them was developed and designed by scientists and engineers (labour again), no-one in a business suit representing capital was involved in that either, although they take the credit..and the money.
Even the climate systems recognises that the economy and corporate profit is more important than anything else and will give us a break.
May 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Even the climate systems recognises that the economy and corporate profit is more important than anything else and will give us a break.
Early capitalists faced a brutal truth: peasants used to working their own land & setting their own rhythms weren’t eager to sell their labor for factory wages. Coercion—enclosures, poverty laws, & outright violence—was the real 'invisible hand' that built wage discipline.
April 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Early capitalists faced a brutal truth: peasants used to working their own land & setting their own rhythms weren’t eager to sell their labor for factory wages. Coercion—enclosures, poverty laws, & outright violence—was the real 'invisible hand' that built wage discipline.
A lot of people will be thinking "what are you talking about..you just go to the supermarket and buy food, and you can even order it online for delivery" we are so alienated from the means of our survival.
April 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
A lot of people will be thinking "what are you talking about..you just go to the supermarket and buy food, and you can even order it online for delivery" we are so alienated from the means of our survival.
Privatised water companies mean our rivers are full of shit. Our bills are going up, our infrastructure is falling apart. But billions get get extracted from "customers" who have no choice other than pay to enrich ceos and shareholders. Thats "efficiency"
April 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Privatised water companies mean our rivers are full of shit. Our bills are going up, our infrastructure is falling apart. But billions get get extracted from "customers" who have no choice other than pay to enrich ceos and shareholders. Thats "efficiency"
I agree with you. "efficiency" in the private sector is just shorthand for prioritising profit over quality, customers value for money, resilience and workers workload and wages, as we know all too well in the UK with our privatised utilities.
April 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I agree with you. "efficiency" in the private sector is just shorthand for prioritising profit over quality, customers value for money, resilience and workers workload and wages, as we know all too well in the UK with our privatised utilities.
It might not actually be that difficult for ordinary ppl to imagine. Most people interact with (capitalist controlled) commerce which as you say is not the same thing as capitalism. I can easily imagine democratically controlled commerce that operates within planetary boundaries.
April 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It might not actually be that difficult for ordinary ppl to imagine. Most people interact with (capitalist controlled) commerce which as you say is not the same thing as capitalism. I can easily imagine democratically controlled commerce that operates within planetary boundaries.