tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post601417418674678331..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Bringing back socialismJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-18658516091281935892013-09-25T06:48:47.944+01:002013-09-25T06:48:47.944+01:00Gav,
Whether it's fair to pin the blame entir...Gav,<br /><br />Whether it's fair to pin the blame entirely on Blair depends on whether you see him, to adapt an over-used cliche, as an event or as part of a process. I tend to the latter.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-83083984155879395762013-09-24T14:27:32.103+01:002013-09-24T14:27:32.103+01:00Labour lost its soul when Mr Blair lost Clause 4. ...Labour lost its soul when Mr Blair lost Clause 4. They don't look likely to find it again in a hurry. Gavnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-87365372494525083562013-09-24T10:01:50.003+01:002013-09-24T10:01:50.003+01:00“The economic system under which we live is ultima...“The economic system under which we live is ultimately based on power relationships - where power resides with those who have the economic wealth, not with those who do not. Any meaningful move to economic equality has surely to tackle that inequality of power. Without addressing that basic fundamental inequality of power, the words ‘economic equality’ are mere spin”. <br />Not being a Socialist; surprisingly I concur with your words, except “equal wealth” .If everybody was paid the same and had the same, we would be on a spiral of poverty (as I saw in the USSR) and risk takers would be heading for the hills.<br />However, your first sentence does sum up the inequality as I see it of access , there is no “American Dream “ here and mobility is stifled by Stateism and Corporatism. <br />Spirit of BMEnoreply@blogger.com