tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post2160339136438147707..comments2024-03-29T13:37:11.174+00:00Comments on TPQ: No Romanticising The Agonies Of WarAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4573977348820263922015-07-29T20:26:56.677+01:002015-07-29T20:26:56.677+01:00Daithi,
I haven't the energy to g...Daithi,<br /> I haven't the energy to go through the machinations of the eu. I am still at a loss as to how it can be described as socialist. You speak as if centralisation is a purely socialist problem. What has become known as capitalism wouldn't have survived without centralisation. I was hoping you were going to tell me of some insight i had missed. I don't undersrand Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-70847631649509115512015-07-29T19:49:32.529+01:002015-07-29T19:49:32.529+01:00David, what masquerades as the 'harmonisation&...David, what masquerades as the 'harmonisation' of items like telecommunications,energy,transportation , public spending tarrifs it imposes on its memmbers etc is just centralisation by another name.<br />You have some massive logistical leaps in the rest of your comment, which I do not accept the premise of.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-52815641957539449792015-07-28T23:19:39.239+01:002015-07-28T23:19:39.239+01:00Daithi,
I understand your aversion t...Daithi,<br /> I understand your aversion to socialism. Any ism is as corruptible as the next. I don't see however how the E U can be described as socialist. The eu advocates bailouts which in turn push through austerity which in turn gives control to corporations over workers.The eu is in the process of debating ttip. The eu exists through Frankfurt central bank which creates Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-29850688216523412382015-07-28T22:16:07.314+01:002015-07-28T22:16:07.314+01:00DaithiD
the eu project has always garnered opposit...DaithiD<br />the eu project has always garnered opposition from diverse ideological positions from enoch powell of the tory right, to tony benn of the labour left. personally i think closer union of peoples is a good idea but one gone wrong in this case; an idea perhaps born out of a socialist idealism but a good idea nevertheless.<br />life is full of contradictions Daithi and i do see the onesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251949174341080713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66973540583702416562015-07-28T21:04:47.883+01:002015-07-28T21:04:47.883+01:00Thankyou Gerard, what Iceland enacted after its p...Thankyou Gerard, what Iceland enacted after its problems is much closer to a free market solution than what was put in place across the US/EU in general. In doing so, its gone from being <i> the </i> basket case economy to one of the fastest growing economies in the EEA.<br />I think you are correct in characterising the malevolent political ambitions of the EU, but its a Socialist project. One DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47305150243539683372015-07-28T16:53:05.076+01:002015-07-28T16:53:05.076+01:00DaithiD
i think we have underemphasised the connol...DaithiD<br />i think we have underemphasised the connolly socialist dimension of the republican philosophy for too long. "labour can wait" was an old saying from the past, wait for unity, wait for godot or wait for whatever, but it wasn't going anywhere. rebuilding or at least maintaining a republican critique of the shenanigans which pass for politics necessarily entails having aAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251949174341080713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-76125674523671203592015-07-27T22:06:37.898+01:002015-07-27T22:06:37.898+01:00Thanks Gerard.
Just a general point, we would have...Thanks Gerard.<br />Just a general point, we would have to go back a long way before a Republican speaker didnt use the term neo-liberal in a perjorative sense. Is it so wise to flag this sentiment before the rebuidling of the Republican pyramid ? What is a fair and equitable economic model is arguably a more intactable problem than the issue of partition.But its hard to distinguish Republican DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.com