- and fools never differ.
Funny coincidence department GD – P7, myself and a couple of others had the same discussion – Sunday – about history and revolutions. When you look back, the parallels are remarkable; nearly every revolution kicked off the same way; ordinary folk totally pissed of with the way things were. Mild protest ignored; leading to angry outcry and repression; this always followed up by a blood bath which usually ended up with the ‘ruling’ minority slaughtered.
All the signs of revolution are, once again, clearly visible; those signs, once again, are being ignored. I doubt it will lead to blood and slaughter in Australia; but everyone I talk to is totally pissed off with the ‘government’ hand in their hip pocket; from council through to parliament. Nearly all are fed up with being ‘over governed’, red tape and the petty tyrants who make life more difficult than it need be etc. We here are still in the ‘mild protest’ stage, Brexit and the Trump victory clear indications of that protest vote. I reckon as the gap between the wealthy and the poor widens in Australia the louder and longer the protest will become. Mostly due to piss poor economical management. Australia (IMO) has degenerated from being a place where; if you were prepared to work hard, you could live very, very well and progress: to a place where you are flat out, working your arse off to stay ahead of the bills and taxes and stay out of serious debt. Even the humble dream of owning your own home is drifting out of the reach of many. When you add this to the increasing number of government imposed restrictions and ‘sensitivities’ you find an unhappy populace. We have all seen and history bears clear witness to what happens when the burden becomes ‘unbearable’; starting with disaffected, educated, unemployable youth, who cannot see a way forward.
Aye, ‘tis a puzzle -
“Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little”. Cervantes.
Toot - toot.
Funny coincidence department GD – P7, myself and a couple of others had the same discussion – Sunday – about history and revolutions. When you look back, the parallels are remarkable; nearly every revolution kicked off the same way; ordinary folk totally pissed of with the way things were. Mild protest ignored; leading to angry outcry and repression; this always followed up by a blood bath which usually ended up with the ‘ruling’ minority slaughtered.
All the signs of revolution are, once again, clearly visible; those signs, once again, are being ignored. I doubt it will lead to blood and slaughter in Australia; but everyone I talk to is totally pissed off with the ‘government’ hand in their hip pocket; from council through to parliament. Nearly all are fed up with being ‘over governed’, red tape and the petty tyrants who make life more difficult than it need be etc. We here are still in the ‘mild protest’ stage, Brexit and the Trump victory clear indications of that protest vote. I reckon as the gap between the wealthy and the poor widens in Australia the louder and longer the protest will become. Mostly due to piss poor economical management. Australia (IMO) has degenerated from being a place where; if you were prepared to work hard, you could live very, very well and progress: to a place where you are flat out, working your arse off to stay ahead of the bills and taxes and stay out of serious debt. Even the humble dream of owning your own home is drifting out of the reach of many. When you add this to the increasing number of government imposed restrictions and ‘sensitivities’ you find an unhappy populace. We have all seen and history bears clear witness to what happens when the burden becomes ‘unbearable’; starting with disaffected, educated, unemployable youth, who cannot see a way forward.
Aye, ‘tis a puzzle -
“Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little”. Cervantes.
Toot - toot.