Philip Gould RIP. However the man was totally wrong in his statement about the end of elite politics.People like him and Mandelson ushered in a new elite who now control politics in Britain. Miliband, Balls, Cameron, Clegg and Cooper are the new elite whether they are in government or opposition. School-University-SPAD-MP-Minister. That is the new political career path and is as elitist as anything that went before...
Instead of sticking to principle, even at the risk of temporary popular disfavor, the mainstream left thought to dance with the devil and lost its soul in the process. Now there is no counterforce to elite power in our western democracies. Not that anyone would notice, of course, because they're continually distracted by an eternally-stoked desire for doodads and empty bullshit.
Philip Gould RIP. However the man was totally wrong in his statement about the end of elite politics.People like him and Mandelson ushered in a new elite who now control politics in Britain. Miliband, Balls, Cameron, Clegg and Cooper are the new elite whether they are in government or opposition. School-University-SPAD-MP-Minister. That is the new political career path and is as elitist as anything that went before...
densaner77 3 months ago
Instead of sticking to principle, even at the risk of temporary popular disfavor, the mainstream left thought to dance with the devil and lost its soul in the process. Now there is no counterforce to elite power in our western democracies. Not that anyone would notice, of course, because they're continually distracted by an eternally-stoked desire for doodads and empty bullshit.
JuanDeSoCal 8 months ago
so business is about appealing to selfish instinctiv desires and politics are (should be) about debating rationaly what is best.
thx for that insight
Tutsoweh 11 months ago
doggy treats, mmm yummy
Xenostrobe 2 years ago