Its thirty years to the day that John Lennon was murdered in New York, and I’m thinking: how far have we come?
Not very, seems to be the answer. Not very far at all.
The close of 2010 finds Britain a nation of warmongering xenophobes under the heel of a fascist government. I thought that the point of history was learning from our mistakes. Clearly not.
The elderly have to work until they’re nearly dead and aren’t allowed any central heating, so they queue up to burn in the Tory ovens of the no longer feasible, in the happy knowledge that they are providing power for the production lines and keeping Britain Great.
Education is a privilege reserved for our future leaders; after all, you don’t need a degree to work in factories, slaughter animals, or kill third world civilians, and it costs too much. Not only that, but people might start getting ideas in their heads.
Ideas are dangerous, but they can be castrated with iPhones, X Factor, fear of Muslims and the press. Keep them stupid, that’s the name of the game.
Those that can’t be kept stupid are brutalised by police, imprisoned indefinitely or – for economy and expediency – shot on mass and buried in shallow graves.
WAKE UP, STUPID!
As for me, you fat capitalist Tory pig, I will not fight your wars. Nor will I obey your rules or watch your television.
I will govern myself.
Nice one Piers, You little ray of sunshine! You're quite right though - history is doomed to repeat itself - and it's going to get worse before it get's better. It won't be too long before we are swopping wallets for wheelbarrows, and then the ideology of the far right becomes ever more appealing to our sorry little nation. Education should be free, no ifs, no buts.
ReplyDeleteWell that's that then old chap.
ReplyDeleteSeconded.
ReplyDeleteFEMA camps beckon the free thinkers. I`m tooling up.