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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3Vive le Joe agus Vive la revolucion.
Joe Higgins,for a small guy ,.. you dream immense dreams (Martin Luther K?) .How do you propose to change the “system”.You would have to change human nature. Socioligists recognize,I believe,that the individual is prepared to make some personal sacrifices if he recognizes it to be essential for the betterment of the tribal grouping to which he belongs.This is impossible to introduce into the complexity of modern society . For example;look at “democracy” Irish Style.An election is pending.Fianna Fail sit down and calculate with cunning exactitude,who is likely to vote for them,..and why.! The groupings you have traditionally “looked after” will certainly vote for you(even if you have been caught with your fingers in the till). A typical reliable grouping is the Farmers Lobby . If you have given goodies(benchmarking)to another very sizeable group,they too will in the main,be a safe vote. If you promise a third substantial “semi state group, jobs for life…bingo…that’s another chunk of votes in the bag. At this point you can pretty much thumb your nose at the rest and “bin”(a good analogy)their votes…!!
Most people are thinking only about themselves,their families,and their own “sub-grouping”ie,teachers,doctors,etc.They use the muscle they possess,to further their aims, particularly in a situation of feeble,and corrupt government supervision.They don’t care about the” bigger picture”.Can you imagine asking the most powerful lobby group(farmers)in the European Union to relinquish a part of their income because their subsidies absorb almost 40% of the taxation/budget.. And the money is needed elsewhere?.So the endless cycle of the utilization of collective “muscle”(lobbying)continues and the politicians get re-elected and the cycle of more taxation repeats itself …driving up the cost of living and repeating the whole process once more.It’s a circle… which feeds on itself…and there is no way it can be broken.The Socialist Party will never enlarge..appealing to visions of a world wide Utopian society. First start telling the private sector workers in Ireland(,whether they be lowly or well paid workers) why it is in their interest and their childrens childrens interest to vote for the Socialist Party. Tell them that it will try to undertake the daunting task of representing the interests of all of our citizens equally,for the common good,untarnished by corruption or nepotism, or vote buying of sectional groups..which leads to the eventual impovershment of their fellow man ,and is to the detriment of all of the Irish people.This message must be brought to the people again and again during the coming months to counter the “spin”and the propaganda circus that Fianna Fail will launch for the forthcoming elections.They have already paid the infamous “Luas”contractors a massive bonus of hundreds of millions of Euros so it will be finished to great fanfare as an example of their “achievements?”just in opportune time for the local elections.The taxpayer will have plenty of time to pay this and the rest of their election expenses …for many years afterwards!
You still have to admire them,Joe.,No Utopian visions for The Soldiers of Destiny.When Bertie says…”I have a dream…”and the crowd pause for something wonderful to follow…”Yes,I have a dream..-and its to be reelected… at any cost!! (applause from the assembled multitudes please)
I've been waiting to see a report on the march 'Another Europe is possible' held last Friday to the Castle. Some sectarian told me only half a dozen people showed up for it but this can't be true, can it. Anyone who was there able to report?