His short essay/rant was and is a great reflection of life in the West today. While governments push through legislation and changes which affect us directly (usually to our detriment), we sit around and complain about pointless banalities like flipping Britain's Got Talent or Eastenders or whatever nonsense is making front page news this week (frankly, I couldn't give a toss which overpaid footballer is boinking which hooker this week!!).
What about the real issues??? So called austerity and the guff our government is spewing around the issue, the fact that women and families will be disproportionately affected by benefit and tax credit changes, the fact that all 'job seekers' will be unfairly penalised looking for jobs which aren't there - the list goes on and on.
Where is the talk on that? Or is it that the whole 'us' (people who work) and 'them' (people who don't) discourse which has gone through our popular media has succeeded in splitting the nation? The idea that most people on benefits sit on their arses all day watching Jeremy Kyle and munching McDonalds while laughing at the idiots who rush past on their way to or from work just doesn't exist. (yes, there are a few but, rather than villify them, ask why? What makes a person give up on the opprtunity to improve their life chances? How has our society failed them?)
My point here being that there are a lot of big nasty changes coming which seem only to benefit those with the cash to splash at the expense of those with nothing in the first place and yet, I don't hear anyone talking about it at all.
I'm glad those that fought for our rights in the past - the suffragettes, suffragists, trade unions etc aren't around today to see what an apathetic population we have become. After all, first comes talk, then comes action ...
I'm glad those that fought for our rights in the past - the suffragettes, suffragists, trade unions etc aren't around today to see what an apathetic population we have become. After all, first comes talk, then comes action ...
