Politics is a lame game, politicians are all the same. They stand on their podiums and put us to shame with their lies and hand gestures and pride in their name. I sound like an anarchist. I’m not anti-government. I’m not exactly pro-government either. I believe we’re better with it […]
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Kill Your Friends (aka Americans and Guns)
I’m British. Now I’m no patriot, but there are several things I like about living in this country. The NHS. The general tolerant attitude to people of different ethnic backgrounds, religions and sexualities. The polite nature of the police. THE FACT THAT GUNS ARE ILLEGAL. As a British person, I […]
My problem with patriotism
I’ll be honest, I’ve never really understood people’s problems with immigration. Immigrants, migrants, expats, whatever. I just don’t see what’s wrong with it. My logic is that this world is full of land, and humans should be allowed to go wherever, but we’ve just created all these laws and divisions […]
Counter Culture vs SJWs
In the 1960s, better known as the Swinging Sixties, change was sweeping the Western world. The rise of the Hippie Movement. The contraceptive pill. Free love. Don’t trust anyone over 30. The counter culture represented the young people opposed to their parent’s conservative views of the world. They were against […]
Pro-Choice vs Pro-Life?
Personally, I don’t think this should be a debate. I don’t even think this should be a thing. The very term ‘pro-life’ is ridiculous to me. But let’s look at both. Pro-choice means you agree with the mother’s right to have an abortion if she doesn’t want to have a […]
Capitalism vs Socialism
The reason this is called ‘Capitalism vs Socialism’ and not ‘Capitalism vs Communism’ is that in practice, socialism and communism are not the same (although originally Marx and Lenin used the terms interchangeably). (Note: this post provides quite simplistic explanations and I’m not an expert on political systems. This is […]