We keep forgetting that democracy as we currently experience it is actually very young in terms of human development. In UK, in a recognisable form it really only dates from the end of WW2, so it's less than a hundred years old. It's still in development, and we mustn't forget that. It's an experiment. Sometimes in experiments it's necessary to change the parameters, or change the materials, or wipe the entire petri dish clean and start again.
I’ve become concerned about Cambridge University harboring a prof, James Orr, who can indoctrinate the minds of his students with the ideology of Vance, Thiel, Yarvin, etc.
I have been thinking "that we’ve been too angry indoors, far too quietly and respectably" for some time, since I spoke to a rare wonderful politician who lost their seat because they "refused to sink to the levels of the Tory dirty tricks" (very dirty) ie they rolled over and let themselves be kicked to oblivion. We learn everyday with more and more clarity that there are no holds barred from the right whose moral compass probably never actually existed, though they once hid it well under Eton accents. We don't have to fight dirty but by god we need to start actually fighting! In Polanski I see the hint of a tint of the spark I've been hoping for.
I’m already ‘angry’ right now, with the megarich, the Tories, Reform, BadEnoch, racists, Brexit … you name it. Maybe we’d like ‘ar cuntry bak’ too?? The one that was far more progressive, tolerant & fair? If it did ever exist?
The right are regressive. So when they throw a wobble it is about reaching for a fantastical better time in the past.
And being regressive their proposed solutions are unfit to resolve problems here and now.
Mamdani and Polanski address human and societal problems with clarity and humanity.
And therein lies their potential route to success.
Their future is the past.
We keep forgetting that democracy as we currently experience it is actually very young in terms of human development. In UK, in a recognisable form it really only dates from the end of WW2, so it's less than a hundred years old. It's still in development, and we mustn't forget that. It's an experiment. Sometimes in experiments it's necessary to change the parameters, or change the materials, or wipe the entire petri dish clean and start again.
I’ve become concerned about Cambridge University harboring a prof, James Orr, who can indoctrinate the minds of his students with the ideology of Vance, Thiel, Yarvin, etc.
I have been thinking "that we’ve been too angry indoors, far too quietly and respectably" for some time, since I spoke to a rare wonderful politician who lost their seat because they "refused to sink to the levels of the Tory dirty tricks" (very dirty) ie they rolled over and let themselves be kicked to oblivion. We learn everyday with more and more clarity that there are no holds barred from the right whose moral compass probably never actually existed, though they once hid it well under Eton accents. We don't have to fight dirty but by god we need to start actually fighting! In Polanski I see the hint of a tint of the spark I've been hoping for.
I’m already ‘angry’ right now, with the megarich, the Tories, Reform, BadEnoch, racists, Brexit … you name it. Maybe we’d like ‘ar cuntry bak’ too?? The one that was far more progressive, tolerant & fair? If it did ever exist?
Confused me at first. I thought you were talking about the Canadian director/writer e.g. Sister Act 2 & Three Men and a Baby.