Who Will You Vote For In The Coming General Election?

[torqueless]

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That I am left without a credible opposition at this time (within the two horse ruleset) is both a shock and a disgrace.

mrkawasaki, welcome to the wilderness that anyone further than a few inches left of centre has been inhabiting since 1979! For them, this is the first time since then that there has been a credible opposition.

As for Technodup's almost hysterical insistence that 'the argument has been won', I would reply that it has not been won. People who think it has been won assume it is only a matter of time before the economic boom times return with enough growth for us to go back to pretending that our grandchildren can pay off our debts some time in the future, which is a highly irresponsible attitude, but one perhaps only to be expected from an ideology that fantasises that 'growth' can continue indefinitely.
Just a few years back our champions of neo-liberalism were all too ready to abandon their principles and 'nationalise' a major bank to prevent a further calamity beyond the damage already done by their de-regulated financial sector.

 

[technodup]

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As for Technodup's almost hysterical insistence that 'the argument has been won', I would reply that it has not been won.

Well we'll see won't we?

It was won in 79. And 83. And 87. And 92. And arguably 97, 01 and 05. And again in 10. And 15. 4 decades of rejecting the left looking prospectus.

People ultimately look after themselves and their families first. Romantic notions of society a distant second.

 

[torqueless]

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See what I mean about 'hysterical'? You have replied to my post before I've even finished writing it, implying that you haven't read it.

 

[Bats]

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As for Technodup's almost hysterical insistence that 'the argument has been won', I would reply that it has not been won. People who think it has been won assume it is only a matter of time before the economic boom times return with enough growth for us to go back to pretending that our grandchildren can pay off our debts some time in the future, which is a highly irresponsible attitude, but one perhaps only to be expected from an ideology that fantasises that 'growth' can continue indefinitely.

Careful now, people who declare the end of history do tend to get very angry when history keeps happening.

 

[torqueless]

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I'm not under any illusions about what to expect from a Labour government- even one with a workable majority. At least those of us who still care can (just about) rely on them to make some noise about the ever-widening gulf between 'rich' and 'poor', (or 'rich', 'worried', and 'off-the-charts desperate'), but in the end it is just another way of managing capitalism...

What's a One Dimensional Man to do?

 

[roadking]

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Some of us, excluding Bounded Rationality Man of course, believe and hope one day, for a just society...ok call it idealism, but from idealism - or crudely put - dreams, comes progress. I'm warming to Corbyn (I've surprised myself), but dislike Teresa May a great deal more than I disliked Thatcher - with Thatcher you knew where you stood, like her or not.

May is a lightweight.

Jon.

P.S don't assume I'm a Socialist.

 

[technodup]

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What's a One Dimensional Man to do?

In real life this one dimensional man gets on with the one dimension he can actually manage. Himself.

 

[legrandefromage]

But I fixed the missus' cup holder in her car, that must make me two dimensional at least!

 

[The History Man]

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What's a One Dimensional Man to do?

In real life this one dimensional man gets on with the one dimension he can actually manage. Himself.

I thought they'd split up? Now that's poor management of One Dimension.

 

[roadking]

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If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever...a few boots on this thread.

Thanks to Eric.

Jon.