tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605469422150598465.post1643412816050630488..comments2023-12-26T04:04:10.180-08:00Comments on Spool Pidgin: Orwell and the embryo of Neo-liberalismJames Worradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01622688307092050113noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605469422150598465.post-75720647838985032862011-10-20T10:26:42.995-07:002011-10-20T10:26:42.995-07:00I hate to say it, but beneath my lefty liberal sen...I hate to say it, but beneath my lefty liberal sensibilities there's a bit of me that thinks we're in this state at the moment not down to the antics of a small elite, but the aquiescence of many, at least in the West. People tolerate getting fucked over because they hope that in the future they'll be the ones doing the fucking- its the same loathsome cocktail of cynicism and optimism that makes people buy scratchcards. <br />Most people don't seem to want to live in a world where everyone has a Ferrari, they want to live in a world where they have a Ferrari and their neighbours don't.Dollartoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624520034002816565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605469422150598465.post-62555621430770404512011-10-14T10:26:49.981-07:002011-10-14T10:26:49.981-07:00I see what you'rer saying about slurs against ...I see what you'rer saying about slurs against the tea party but, in their defence, the wall street squatters have yet to use the term 'nigger' on their placards.James Worradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01622688307092050113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605469422150598465.post-56264672655556268612011-10-14T07:27:59.560-07:002011-10-14T07:27:59.560-07:00I think my broad analysis is that this is not abou...I think my broad analysis is that this is not about what is right and wrong. We are all tainted by and culpable in the irresponsible behaviour of corporations, governments and our societies. Framing this as a crisis of morality doesn't change those behaviours. It only antagonizes and entrenches those who are called immoral. Responsibility needs to be taken instead and the greed of the 1% needs to be used to change them into the 100%.Will Ellwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06728653142393354455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605469422150598465.post-49365994272521606502011-10-14T07:15:08.597-07:002011-10-14T07:15:08.597-07:00Well we on the left have made some appalling compa...Well we on the left have made some appalling comparisons with the tea party and our own right wing parties to Nazisim. Do you remember the language used about George Bush?Will Ellwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06728653142393354455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605469422150598465.post-44918758382582593072011-10-14T06:59:17.129-07:002011-10-14T06:59:17.129-07:00'The animals looked from banker to protester a...'The animals looked from banker to protester and none could tell the difference'- to paraphrase Georgie boy. Man, that would be a cruddy way for it to end up.<br /><br />That said, I think the protesters have easily kept the moral high ground (not exactly hard)in terms of language. Right wing nabobs, such as Anne Couler and Glenn Beck, have been happy to compare OWS to Nazism or the reign of terror.James Worradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01622688307092050113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605469422150598465.post-37549775557453778082011-10-14T06:31:22.019-07:002011-10-14T06:31:22.019-07:00The rhetoric of "up against the walls" a...The rhetoric of "up against the walls" and the language of war being used by many people makes me want to run away and hide. Until that language and the use of binary opposites so freely is abandoned then nothing will changes for the better. Power will only be transferred to a new minority.Will Ellwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06728653142393354455noreply@blogger.com