tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post4231296781006234566..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Bread and circusesA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-41873387949505030802012-05-14T09:48:01.629+01:002012-05-14T09:48:01.629+01:00Roger - "The essential point is we Brits have...Roger - "The essential point is we Brits have lost that essential ember burning in the people's soul"<br /><br />Well put. The fire in our belly doesn't burn as brightly as it should. Belly too full maybe.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-1319990093504335822012-05-14T06:51:07.211+01:002012-05-14T06:51:07.211+01:00Oops
Coffee machine maybe....Oops<br /><br />Coffee machine maybe....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-10839307723244618652012-05-14T06:50:05.275+01:002012-05-14T06:50:05.275+01:00The British have been broken up into easily manage...The British have been broken up into easily managed small groups, no more miners, no more massed factory workers. Just try and kick off a mass demonstration standing around the coffer machine - nah. Contrast the French, I had a chat with a Frenchman who reckoned the people remembered they had once 'cut the head of the King', his eyes shone with pride at the thought. The French workers do not piss about when it comes to a demo, a full-on road blockade and some gentle car burning are the norm - the government is rightly afraid to upset the workers too much.<br /><br />The essential point is we Brits have lost that essential ember burning in the people's soul, we did 'cut the head of the King' once, but it was done on the back of religious mania, not on a total hatred of a ruling class. The British ruling class learned well and learned to control without provoking mass protest. As they say, the art is to pluck the goose without it hissing too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-91794119112908026042012-05-13T20:33:12.671+01:002012-05-13T20:33:12.671+01:00Witterings - I agree, people have been conditioned...Witterings - I agree, people have been conditioned and will take to the streets if things go too far. <br /><br />Yet we could make intelligent changes before things come to this, but won't because bread and circuses is pretty effective.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-47739916438849350092012-05-13T11:45:41.708+01:002012-05-13T11:45:41.708+01:00But surely we both know that the public's acce...But surely we both know that the public's acceptance of the status quo is because they have, in subtle and unsubtle ways, been conditioned to accept it.<br /><br />People may take to the streets when they realize that water is deliberately being rationed by the political elite who are following EU 'suggestions'. Likewise people may take to the streets when they have been told that another form of democracy exists, one in which political parties cannot act as elected dictators.WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.com