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ALL BLESSINGS TO NATURE

Mar 2nd 2009, 07:09 PM 3 raters


In my opinion those who believe socialism and capitalism are at opposite ends of the political spectrum are incorrect - they are both to the right and inevitably  end up at the same end game i.e. A totalitarian state controlled by an  elite few at the expense of the working classes. This is  demonstrated by Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Communist Russia or China, is there any real difference between any of them?
Anarchism  is politically  to the complete left, there is no government rules, an imposed state control is not tolerated or accepted, however neither is the rule of law.
Where the rule of law ( as defined by common law where inalienable rights are accepted not mercantile law) is respected and adhered to, where it is unacceptable to do harm to another through violence, fraud or theft / destruction of property and individual choices are accepted, where any compliance to the rules of a particular society only comes from the agreement of the individual - then this type of collective can have many types of "societies" and people can choose which society to join if they wish to join a socialist society they can so giving up a portion of their labour in return for benefits to all of members of that society like health care etc.., if they do not wish to do so they can choose a different society which better adheres to their own ideals or opt out - any form of "society" which forces compulsion through force always ends up in the same place - controlled by the few at the expense of the masses.
Freedom yes, but with laws and responsibility allows  humanity to  move from adolescence  to adulthood, to accept our responsibilities and then to take our freedom, We do not need to be told how and in what way we should live our lives but as adults understand that with this freedom comes the requirement to be responsible in our everyday actions, to Nature around us and to our fellow human beings.

Socialism, Capitalism, Marxism, Fascism, they are just words designed to divide and hide the motives behind these compulsory  systems of social structure. 
Power hungry people who wish to centralise power for their own benefit - I believe the struggle through out history has always been between these two forces - those who wish to centralise power for their own benefit and the rest of us who want to retain our own power as free individuals; to live our lives as we see fit without encroachment from the rich and powerful whatever “ism” they may label themselves as being part of.

All Blessings to Nature

Decentralise to survive


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AN UNBIASED OPINION

Feb 26th 2009, 06:21 AM 6 raters


Someday recession will end and capitalism will return to profit for another period. Once again those with capital will make shed loads of money and we will return to long hours, rising prices and false promises, all before the next collapse. This has been the pattern for over a hundred years, the pattern our parents and our grandparents went through, the pattern that bred fascism and the slaughters of world war two.
It is this pattern of  boom  followed by bust that is fundamental to capitalism even if in each new boom some will choose to believe this logic has been escaped but it has not.

Unless the system is changed it will be a pattern that our children and grandchildren will also endure. But now in some-ways things have become worse. Capitalism in its boom periods  has started to exhaust the planets resources and poison the air and water supplies that we all depend upon. It’s irrationality in the drive for profit no longer simply threatens us with recession and war when things go wrong, it now threatens the ability of the earth to support the existing and future populations.

In the middle of the boom it may have looked like capitalism was working, if you were lucky enough to be in a developed country like Ireland, UK or Europe. But even during the boom years two billion people were living on less than two dollars a day and tens of millions of children were dying every year from poverty and preventable diseases. And now the boom is over, one of the first cuts the governments have imposed was to slash  millions off the foreign aid budgets. While bailing out fat cat banks and financial institutions.

We need to stop the bust - boom – bust cycle by ending the system based on greed and profits rather than need that drives this cycle.
It is true that previous attempts to implement alternative economic systems have ended in disaster; the Russian revolution promised everything just over 90 years ago but delivered only horror. In 1916 many good people sacrificed their life for the ideal dream of an independent republic in Ireland. The principle of the proclamation was never achieved and capitalism supported by a religious elite flourished. Another horror.
Unlike the generation of the early twentieth century, we cannot fall into the illusion that an individuals freedom can be weighed  on some scales and exchanged for economic security.
In reality this is no more than the reverse of the illusion that free market capitalism has created  happiness and success in the last few decades.

What we need to organize for today, is a system that is based not only on satisfying the needs of the many but which also does away with the division of labour and class.
We must organize for a society without leaders and the led, without boss and worker whether that boss wears the top hat of the capitalist or the red star of the political commissar. Cooperation and peaceful co - existence is the only key to humanity’s survival in a new global economic climate.


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THE BIG PENNY

Feb 25th 2009, 07:06 PM 2 raters


The big penny has dropped and the global economies are shocked.

Why did the governments bail out the banks

Yet leave the third world nations in starvation and disease

One hundred big pennies could do so much

When will they understand the basics of

One world one humanity... God or No God.!

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TWENTY FOUR

Feb 24th 2009, 09:42 PM 0 raters



Twenty four years ago I was in my prime

Twenty four months ago I was just a dreamer

Twenty four days ago I was in unbridled love

Twenty four hours ago I broke my heart once again

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HAPPINESS

Jan 29th 2009, 06:32 AM 6 raters



What makes us happy

The first signs of springtime when the bulbs of wild garlic and lily poke through the grassy embankment.

That old friend from thirty years ago who tells you things that you'd forgotten about yourself.

Knowing that the old friend is really a new one.

Seeing our children progress and grow up to become productive and well balanced individuals.

The intimacy that can only be found between the closest people


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