RADICALISM.//
I think we should get rid of the NHS. It has been pointed out to me that no establishment politician could suggest such a thing without risking losing his or her income. The basic reason for this state of affairs is that we have a political system based on neurotic, bullying social hierarchies rather than a political system based on ideas.//
Various establishment politicians amongst them recently, David Cameron and James Purnell, say from time to time that they want to put forward radical ideas. David Cameron wants to fiddle about with the International Development budget. James Purnell wants to use one per cent of something ‘to create local banks’. It is difficult to consider this sort of thing as anything other than self interested lying.//
The human species is living through a social political and ecological disaster. We need basic changes to our attitudes and basic changes to our behaviour. So our politicians, when they are applying for top jobs, of course see the need at least to sketch in a bit of radicalism.//
HOWEVER WHAT WE NEED IS ACTUAL RADICALISM, AND NOT MISLEADING AND DECEITFUL ATTEMPTS TO SUGGEST RADICALISM.//
At the moment we have a political system based on neurotic, bullying social hierarchies. What we need is a political system based on ideas involving a clear understanding of natural realities. Changing from a political system based on social hierarchies to a political system based on an understanding of natural realities is going to require our politicians to be willing and able to understand and promote radical ideas.//
At the moment our politicians are doing little more than claiming that it is the turn of their particular group to get the chance to share out patronage, share out the public money which seems to be sloshing around.//
RADICALISM IS THE WAY FORWARD. I was not being whimsically controversial or whatever, when I suggested we should get rid of the NHS. Here are another five radical ideas.//
One. Male Circumcision should be made illegal.//
Two. Short Selling & Hedging should be made illegal.//
Three. We should have Three Year fixed dated, fixed termed Parliaments.//
Four. We should have a Maximum Wage.//
Five. We should get rid of Trial By Jury.//
I have about twenty such radical ideas. They are all based on the need to get rid of neurotic, bullying social hierarchies. I argued clearly the case for getting rid of the NHS. Believe me, I can argue clearly the case for all twenty or so of the radical ideas I have in mind. And several of the twenty or so radical ideas I have in mind are a lot more startling than any of the five or so radical ideas I have presented so far.//
RADICALISM IS THE WAY FORWARD.//
Tom Smith, Monday, 01st February 2010.//
I think we should get rid of the NHS. It has been pointed out to me that no establishment politician could suggest such a thing without risking losing his or her income. The basic reason for this state of affairs is that we have a political system based on neurotic, bullying social hierarchies rather than a political system based on ideas.//
Various establishment politicians amongst them recently, David Cameron and James Purnell, say from time to time that they want to put forward radical ideas. David Cameron wants to fiddle about with the International Development budget. James Purnell wants to use one per cent of something ‘to create local banks’. It is difficult to consider this sort of thing as anything other than self interested lying.//
The human species is living through a social political and ecological disaster. We need basic changes to our attitudes and basic changes to our behaviour. So our politicians, when they are applying for top jobs, of course see the need at least to sketch in a bit of radicalism.//
HOWEVER WHAT WE NEED IS ACTUAL RADICALISM, AND NOT MISLEADING AND DECEITFUL ATTEMPTS TO SUGGEST RADICALISM.//
At the moment we have a political system based on neurotic, bullying social hierarchies. What we need is a political system based on ideas involving a clear understanding of natural realities. Changing from a political system based on social hierarchies to a political system based on an understanding of natural realities is going to require our politicians to be willing and able to understand and promote radical ideas.//
At the moment our politicians are doing little more than claiming that it is the turn of their particular group to get the chance to share out patronage, share out the public money which seems to be sloshing around.//
RADICALISM IS THE WAY FORWARD. I was not being whimsically controversial or whatever, when I suggested we should get rid of the NHS. Here are another five radical ideas.//
One. Male Circumcision should be made illegal.//
Two. Short Selling & Hedging should be made illegal.//
Three. We should have Three Year fixed dated, fixed termed Parliaments.//
Four. We should have a Maximum Wage.//
Five. We should get rid of Trial By Jury.//
I have about twenty such radical ideas. They are all based on the need to get rid of neurotic, bullying social hierarchies. I argued clearly the case for getting rid of the NHS. Believe me, I can argue clearly the case for all twenty or so of the radical ideas I have in mind. And several of the twenty or so radical ideas I have in mind are a lot more startling than any of the five or so radical ideas I have presented so far.//
RADICALISM IS THE WAY FORWARD.//
Tom Smith, Monday, 01st February 2010.//
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