A Rant
OK, I've gotten sick of a lot of things in my time, but the one that I am sick of at present is this: I am sick of posting enormous comments to Antique Song, when really they belong in my own blog. So I am starting my own blog to rectify this.
This is where I will post about things I don't like (the rants) things I do like (sort of like a rant) and cool stuff I find on the 'net (not really a rant at all).
As the name suggests, the opinions you find on this blog are going to tend to the right wing of the spectrum. If you don't like that, you probably belong somewhere else. It all depends on how far you want to take it.
(Who'da thunk it? Iraq already has a communist party. Not so far behind as we thought...)
Of course, I used to think I was a real right-winger, until I came across the politics of the good ol' United States of America. Ain't no-one knows how to do right-wing like them guys. Their left wing party is to the right of the Austrlian right-wing party...
It is one of my theories of politics that the world is becoming incredibly bland. Bland in a semi-conservative way. If you look at the politics of the world, centre-right governments are in power just about everywhere, even when they say they're not. Take, for instance:
Australia
Australia has an unashamedly centre-right government. The liberal party is about as centre-right as they come. Despite all the Labor party's whinging about extremeist policies, the government is really ready to adopt any policy that they think will get them a vote. Even cutting MPs superannuation, to name one well-known example. Their default list is to the right, but they'll take anything that'll get a vote. Most of the state Labor governments are just as much centre-right as the Federal government, too.
The United States Of America
Nnnnnyes, 'nuff said. More right than centre-right, but still not exactly Nazi, either.
The United Kingdom
A socialist government that gained popularity by becoming centre-right. Labor party in name only. I can't imagine the conservatives winning an election on actual issues; they agree with the Labor party too much.
Canada
Unashamedly centre-right.
Most of Continental Europe
Swinging further and further right as the population becomes more paranoid about foreigners (and I don't mean the British).
The People's Republic of China
Sounds strange, I know, but the PRC is swinging to the right also. Chinese economic policy is now really further right than left in many respects, and the remainder of their government is just a totalitarian regime, a system enjoyed by both sides of politics in different places.
Simplistic, I know, but that's half the fun of a rant: You don't need to make sense, or to have any actual facts on your side. Caricature is far more effective.
Anyway, I think I've gotten the rant out of my system for now. Whenever it comes back, I'll post again.
This is where I will post about things I don't like (the rants) things I do like (sort of like a rant) and cool stuff I find on the 'net (not really a rant at all).
As the name suggests, the opinions you find on this blog are going to tend to the right wing of the spectrum. If you don't like that, you probably belong somewhere else. It all depends on how far you want to take it.
(Who'da thunk it? Iraq already has a communist party. Not so far behind as we thought...)
Of course, I used to think I was a real right-winger, until I came across the politics of the good ol' United States of America. Ain't no-one knows how to do right-wing like them guys. Their left wing party is to the right of the Austrlian right-wing party...
It is one of my theories of politics that the world is becoming incredibly bland. Bland in a semi-conservative way. If you look at the politics of the world, centre-right governments are in power just about everywhere, even when they say they're not. Take, for instance:
Australia
Australia has an unashamedly centre-right government. The liberal party is about as centre-right as they come. Despite all the Labor party's whinging about extremeist policies, the government is really ready to adopt any policy that they think will get them a vote. Even cutting MPs superannuation, to name one well-known example. Their default list is to the right, but they'll take anything that'll get a vote. Most of the state Labor governments are just as much centre-right as the Federal government, too.
The United States Of America
Nnnnnyes, 'nuff said. More right than centre-right, but still not exactly Nazi, either.
The United Kingdom
A socialist government that gained popularity by becoming centre-right. Labor party in name only. I can't imagine the conservatives winning an election on actual issues; they agree with the Labor party too much.
Canada
Unashamedly centre-right.
Most of Continental Europe
Swinging further and further right as the population becomes more paranoid about foreigners (and I don't mean the British).
The People's Republic of China
Sounds strange, I know, but the PRC is swinging to the right also. Chinese economic policy is now really further right than left in many respects, and the remainder of their government is just a totalitarian regime, a system enjoyed by both sides of politics in different places.
Simplistic, I know, but that's half the fun of a rant: You don't need to make sense, or to have any actual facts on your side. Caricature is far more effective.
Anyway, I think I've gotten the rant out of my system for now. Whenever it comes back, I'll post again.
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