{"id":908,"date":"2003-01-23T23:23:34","date_gmt":"2003-01-23T23:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fatsquirrel.org\/bologs\/vng\/government-from-the-latin-meaning-bastards\/"},"modified":"2003-01-23T23:23:34","modified_gmt":"2003-01-23T23:23:34","slug":"government-from-the-latin-meaning-bastards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatsquirrel.org\/oldfartsalmanac\/government-from-the-latin-meaning-bastards\/","title":{"rendered":"Government: from the latin meaning \\"bastards\\""},"content":{"rendered":"

20 minutes ago this blog would have been positive and mellow.
\nNow it’s full of venom and anger.
\nWhat changed ?
\n3 minutes of “question time”.
\nHow Robin Cook, Tony Fucking Blair and Jack Cocksucker Straw sleep at night is beyond me. A few years ago I used to get pissed off with people slagging off Labour, because I knew that they were socialists and socialists are nice. My dad was a communist and I love him, and I love his politics. His friends are sound and I agree with them. Then I realised that you can’t trust anyone. Despite this I still trust him. He feels betrayed by the Russian communist party. Hardly surprising when you consider what a shitbag Joe Stalin was. The worst thing is that while Joe Stalin was masscring his people and lying through his teeth, the western communists defended him – and I’m convinced it’s because they believed. They believed that communism was the way, and that other communists were therefore righteous. Joe would never<\/b> do that.
\nBut he did. The socialists surrounding me as I grew up weren’t like Stalin – they were genuinely sound, and genuinely believed that people should be equal [ yes that is what socialism is about – equality. If you think that socialism is about dictatoriship then you are wrong. The problem is that so far all socialist societies have been far from socialist.]
\nThe reason for the problems is power:
\n“Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely”.
\nThis is why I’m now totally convinced of my political outlook: I am an anarchist. To me, “anarchist” means nothing more than “being against rulers”. That’s it. If you are against rulers, you are an anarchist. If you disagree with my definition then let me know. I can help you \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

When Jack Straw was a student, he was your typical public-school lefty. PC to a bizarre degree and all<\/b> surface. As soon as het got a taste of the power he turned into the worst sort of fascist. Fuck you Jack. Fuck you Tony<\/b> I hate Margaret Thatcher more than I can tell you – but I would prefer her in power now that these cunts. At least when she tells you she’s going to close the hospitals, cut the working-class’ income and piss over the miners, you can believe her. Tony and the rest of the Labour cabinet are a bunch of weak-kneed lying bastards. The only reasons I would ever vote labour again (even though I probably will never<\/i> vote for them) are:<\/p>\n