I have said before that philantropy is the social policy of feudalism, and advanced democracies should be able to do better.
Western civilisation must be on the brink of collapse, if all our elites are clearly manoeuvering to place themselves at the top of the dung heap for a new round of feudalism. Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
Except the part with the neocons, I had not thought of that. Very good point. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
You could write your 7 November diary anyway: the linked diary is from last year. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
But you made the point I have been thinking about very clearly, so I see no need to write my own. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
The time for everbody to understand the scam, they'll have made out nicely thank you.
It's just a more sophisticated form of extorsion in what had become peaceful, prosperous societies. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes