The courts do not dispense justice. They undergo procedure according to the law. It very much depends on how good a barrister you can afford. The courts protect the state. They require scapegoats as deterrents.
Violence in war, by tyrants, by gangs, by the authorities, overrides all justice.
We live in a world of our own design. We have created massive inequality, exploitation and poverty.
These things have not come about by chance. They were designed.
The powerful choose injustice, unfairness and selfishness. They think they deserve it.
It is quite incredible the way that we have been brainwashed to think that some people deserve to earn billions from doing nothing (and pay no taxes on their ill-gotten gains) while others work really hard and live at a poverty level.
The deserving and the parasites.
Seemingly all public services are a drain on the economy while evading taxes and stuffing billions in the Cayman Islands is not.
That education and health care are not important and should be poorly funded. The only ones who deserve good care are those who can afford to go private.
Poetry – My Culture – a poem about the struggle for freedom and equality.
My Culture
The society we live in did not come about by chance; it was fought for every inch of the way by people with vision and aspiration. The peasants and serfs were kept in poverty but they were not stupid. The robber barons stole the land from under their feet and they were powerless. The wealthy businessmen stole their products through guile. The State enacted laws to protect the establishment and keep the poor in their place.
With the coming of the industrial revolution ordinary people were kept down. They were paid a pittance in order to keep the profits high. The bosses creamed off huge wealth while the workers slaved. The owners and aristocrats lived in mansions and palaces with servants while the producers of the wealth lived in poverty and working conditions that were scandalous.
Gradually the ordinary people fought for representation, fair reward for labour given and justice. Ever so gradually the work conditions improved and the wages rose. Each step on the way was met with bleating and violence. The establishment was loath to give up its luxury; they feared the result of suffrage for ordinary people. They believed we might change the laws to create fairness.
They give us as little as they think they can buy us off with. Only through the unions was a living wage grudgingly conceded. Their fear is revolution.
This society we live in is the result of struggle. The freedoms we have are tenuous. The establishment claw back all they can. The wealth still sticks with the elite. The trickle down is as meagre as required to keep us docile. Zero hours contracts, austerity, unemployment and pay freezes are deployed while the rich get richer. We are all in it together is a lie. Information is biased and distorted – the Daily Mail and the rest of the press, even the BBC are all part of an establishment. He who tells the story controls the minds. The media moguls have a vested interest.
Democracy is a fragile thing and bought with blood – lots of blood.
My Culture
This is my culture – the wisdom of my ways.
Suppression and oppression – the order of past days.
Freed into the sunlight – on a democratic wave.
Released from penury – and the status of a slave.
The blood of my forebears sinks heavy in this soil
They paid dear for a share of the profits from their toil.
They fought for their rights and freedoms against a selfish few
Who garnered all the wealth away and propped up many a pew.
This is my culture – the result of battles fought.
Standing up for rights – against a great onslaught.
Liberty and equality – to stand tall and not in fear.
Freedom from King and God – is a right that we hold dear.
From the wealthy, the bishops and the kings
We wrested back our freedoms, among a host of things.
They grudgingly relented to give the very least
And we seized the goods on offer from the Baron and the Priest.
This is now my culture – value it we must!
If once our eyes do stray away – they’ll fling it in the dust.
Rights and freedoms – are febrile in the light.
They’ll rip them away – they have the power and the might.
I give thanks to the Levellers, the Chartists and rebels all,
Without all their struggles we would not have a life at all.
The suffragettes and Wilberforce struck blows for equality.
They chipped away at oppression and left us democracy.
This is that culture – worthy of a fight!
Free of church and monarchy – valiant and bright!
A culture to be proud of in which I take delight.
Proud to be an Englishman and put the world to right!
Not as an exploiter, a victor or an owner with his fee
But as a friend, a fellow traveller, a champion of the free.
Together we could stand to create justice without tyranny
Take the best from all our cultures and live in harmony.
Perhaps now the deniers who are witnessing the drying up of the Victoria Falls, the shrinking of ice-caps, heatwaves, floods and hurricanes, will start to wake up – no longer in thrall to the greed of Trump – for whom nothing matters except money.
The world is pivoting. It totters.
We should use our intelligence.
The wealthy will sell the planet for profit. They peddle fake news. Their greed and selfishness is endangering species after species and putting us in the firing line.
There is a war. It is a war fought with words and votes. It is a war we need to win.
While the country prospers, only a small minority benefit. It was always thus. The wealthy control the system. Under the Tories it is worse than under Labour. Labour are the lesser of two evils.
How do we change it??
Proportional representation would be a step forward.
Enforcing a proper graduated, fair tax system would help.
Controlling the media so we get unbiased news is crucial.
Having a much higher basic living wage.
Having a national bank to promote innovation and entrepeneurism.
Overhauling the education system to get people to think.
Creating a fairer social with far less inequality.
Then there’s poverty, racism and the environment to factor in.
I do not believe it is beyond the wit of mankind to create a far superior model for society, one which eradicates poverty and racism, is fair and just, not belligerent, protects nature and allows individual freedom.
We just have to move away from this greed, elitism and media propaganda.
