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The Art of Diggin feat. AG
WEAKEST BEEF EVER. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. 0/5 STARS.
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Strut World Tours Advice Centre
Ha ha it's all good, he got back to me this morning. Your bro is a funny guy (compliment-r not Pesci-r).
Hey dl, In Australia from 30th Dec to 17th Jan. Straight south east coasting. Where you at? Kicks I will hopefully holla when we have some semblance of a plan...
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Saw the latest Ken Loach film, I. Daniel Blake, the other day.
Some of the joins are a bit sloppy, it's fairly black and white in its "the working class=good, the rich=bad" message and it's about as subtle as a sledgehammer. However, it's still an extremely powerful piece of propaganda to the point where there was a lot of sniffling and some genuine gasps of shock during the screening. And the general anger and message about the fucked up nature of the benefits system in the UK is hard to argue with. Some stunning performances by the cast as well.
I do wonder how it would have been received if its message was rightwing rather than leftwing though. I guess I could look in the Mail to find out but would prefer not to enter that cesspit. -
TAKE THAT SHIT TO THE-BRITS.COM
From day 1 I've been carrying around the theory that May is just the sacrificial lamb in all this, hence why others stepped aside.
She comes in, gets told to push everything through, alienates everyone and then gets dumped for the Bullingdon boys to ride back in to save the day.
Leaks like the one this morning which included specific jabs at May aren't accidental. -
Election Predictions?
Hi Bassie,bassie2 said:
Humour me - what is the point of attempting to make this distinction?Not everyone who votes for these people are racists and sexists.
Sorry for the late reply, I know people have replied to this since but it was a very throwaway comment so I'll try to explain a bit more what I meant by this.
Before Brexit, there was an assumption in the "Centre" and "Left" (and I use these terms very generally) media and political figures that when it came to the crunch people would vote for what the governing elite recommended, the sensible choice. To vote for what was good for the population on a whole and to trust them to know best, especially as the alternative was steeped in unpleasant rhetoric and finger pointing, something that we as a nation know better than to fall for.
As part of this assumption there was a continued dismissal of the very vocal and very visible people offering the other view. They were led by obnoxious, slightly farcical, (generally) men who spouted a mixture of lies and mock indignation about the state of the country, where the jobs were going, etc. It wasn't steeped in such shocking terms as Trump and his white power manifesto but it wasn't that far off with fingers being pointed at eastern Europeans, the refugees and so on (this was a vote on immigration despite it having very little to do with the topic on hand).
These people actually actively railed against the governing elite (despite being members themselves) and came up with lines such as "I think people are tired of experts" when their fake statistics were challenged by people who knew better. This kind of statement was widely mocked in the media but actually rang true to a lot of people - when your personal situation is crap you get tired of hearing experts telling you how we have to pull together for other people, tired of people ignoring the genuine issues that come from high levels of immigration, tired of eloquent speeches calmly made, you want anger and you want to be heard. You also don't want to be belittled everytime you turn on the tv and see people mocking you or sniggering at your genuine anger and feelings of helplesness.
Stacks covered this beautifully above so I won't go over it in more detail again but to me this is where the issue lies. I'm certainly not saying that a majority of these people aren't racist or sexist at least on some level and I also don't deny that, by empowering Trump (which is an abhorrent act and genuinely frightening) the others who voted for him aren't also endorsing these views. I just feel that people, including myself, assumed that because we were ok and made small personal sacrifices, everyone else would also be happy with that. And they're not. And the only way they could show that was to vote for the people who were also angry and appeared to speak to or for them on some level. To stop this we have to work out how to reflect the needs of the many. I have no idea how to do that but it's the reason for the increasing rise of populism across the whole western world right now and stepping out of the echo chamber is a good first step.
