A powerful insight. Philosophers argue that things change into their inverse. So in the USA the party of the working man (the Democrats) is turning into the party of the managers and the Republicans, once the party of business is changing into the party of the working man. You could argue that the Presidential elections of 2016, 2020 and 2024 are examples of these parties crossing over without acknowledgement.
In the UK the Conservatives were held to account for talking up business (although doing little) but pandering to the workers. Labour have passed in the opposite direction, abandoning the working man but rewarding the management class.
Unless the Conservatives reverse course, which I consider unlikely, it will be up to the likes of Reform to step up for the ordinary people. Might take some time though.
DJ - yes it is a powerful insight. Although these shifts seem real enough, it takes voters a long time to spot them and shift their party allegiance.
In the UK, Reform will presumably continue to present itself as the party of ordinary people and Starmer's incompetence could help, but as you say, it might take some time.
"transformed into a second corporate entity" yes, another party of the corporate interest, in particular the biggest corporate interest of them all: the Government, the public sector and all its hangers-on. The parties of the Blob, those who have got suspiciously rich whilst never having done much in life but politics, versus people who add value. But the 'working class' has changed, no longer an mass of slaves/serf/manual labourers, work now requires particular skills at every level: look inside a modern tractor, it require a level of specialist skill that is rather more than walking behind a horse or ox.
djc - yes, suspiciously rich has become a feature of major actors within political parties of the Blob. To be worth a few million, have a few properties, a few directorships, remunerative involvement with major charities or NGOs, it seems to be enough for many. Corrupt, but not in a hand in the till sense.
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A powerful insight. Philosophers argue that things change into their inverse. So in the USA the party of the working man (the Democrats) is turning into the party of the managers and the Republicans, once the party of business is changing into the party of the working man. You could argue that the Presidential elections of 2016, 2020 and 2024 are examples of these parties crossing over without acknowledgement.
In the UK the Conservatives were held to account for talking up business (although doing little) but pandering to the workers. Labour have passed in the opposite direction, abandoning the working man but rewarding the management class.
Unless the Conservatives reverse course, which I consider unlikely, it will be up to the likes of Reform to step up for the ordinary people. Might take some time though.
DJ - yes it is a powerful insight. Although these shifts seem real enough, it takes voters a long time to spot them and shift their party allegiance.
In the UK, Reform will presumably continue to present itself as the party of ordinary people and Starmer's incompetence could help, but as you say, it might take some time.
"transformed into a second corporate entity" yes, another party of the corporate interest, in particular the biggest corporate interest of them all: the Government, the public sector and all its hangers-on.
The parties of the Blob, those who have got suspiciously rich whilst never having done much in life but politics, versus people who add value.
But the 'working class' has changed, no longer an mass of slaves/serf/manual labourers, work now requires particular skills at every level: look inside a modern tractor, it require a level of specialist skill that is rather more than walking behind a horse or ox.
djc - yes, suspiciously rich has become a feature of major actors within political parties of the Blob. To be worth a few million, have a few properties, a few directorships, remunerative involvement with major charities or NGOs, it seems to be enough for many. Corrupt, but not in a hand in the till sense.
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