h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

How are you pet?

Back home safe and sound?

Um. Still at yours actually. Been washing sheets, washing up, underguiding, reading and sleeping. I'd offer you a lift home, but am feeling far to lazy.

B

Ooh no trouble. I shall pootle home on my own,it would be simply lovely to find you there..

You mentioned. I think I'll go and have another kip!

B

I know this wasn't the intended consequences of our discussion on property.. but I am developing a strange urge to rejoin the SWP.





Mind you I am high testosterone!

I am sure you'll do what's right for you, dear!



Ben

Actually the thought process went something like this.

Should let property to someone I know who really needs it.

I don't know any homeless people any more, apart from my Big Issue sellar.

I used to know homeless people when I was in the SWP.

I miss being in the SWP.

I miss the days when feminism was worth it.

Ben

The thing is that fighting is fun.

When you haven't got anything to fight for things get dull.

I like having people I call comarade (don't laugh). I like the social life, I like thinking about interesting things that don't involve blood (other than a bloody revoultion). And demonstrations are such fun!

Demonstrations are fun.

I guess we should revise the Wiccan philosophy - do what you will, but do the math, perhaps?

Ben

*remembers her manners*

*waves to lurkers*

Do any of you want some biscuits?

Ben

Or perhaps an informative leaflet entitled 'One Solution Revolution - why we will never achieve Socialism through Parlimentary Democracy'

Well, we *are* English - we have a long cultural history of Tea and Tracts.

As Alan Bennett said, it doesn't really matter what you believe in the Church of England - what is important is whether you can organise a tight jumble sale.

>> 'Why we will never achieve Socialism through Parlimentary Democracy'

Ain't that the truth! *sigh* Is democracy more important than socialism, though? I would argue it is, but I would argue that, wouldn't I?

B

Ahh but as the leaflet explained true Democracy can only be achieved through socialism.

Because at the moment the real power lies with corperations and beauracrates instead of The People.

Our votes don't really change that much, and the people we vote don't really have enough power to impose the will of the people..

Actually that doesn't sound that bizarre does it?

More anyone?

And I've got some gary baldi biscuits somewhere?

*rummages in bag*

*thoughtfully munches one of the luirkers' biscuits*

Well, I have said for years that we live in a post-democratic age.

The best example of this is the fact that no-one taxes av-gas. It is impossible to tax a substance which can be purchased in any legislation.

Not only av-gas - international corporations can avoid legislation they don't like by moving away from it. Think Nike, think 3rd world sweatshops.

So if multinationals are effectively outside any specific law - what happens to governance, and the democratic will of the people?

And then we have lobbyists. Democracy - the best government money can buy...



*thoughtfully munches another biscuit*

Garibaldi?

Now there's a good revolutionary biscuit. I simply have Nice Biscuits.

Anyone want a biscuit representing international layabouts and tax exiles?

Ben

*Hands Ben an informative leaflet explaining that it's precisely because the multinationals are outside the law that we can't combant them from the basis of national democracies.

The only way they can be reined in is a global socialist revolution putting them up against the global wall...*

*nicks a biscuit as well*

I do hope the lurkers won't go hungry, we wouldn't want that, unless they're multi national capitalist corperations.

Here's some biscuits for a Tax Haven - they're the only two ones in a tin of biscuits that everybody wants - the chocolate *and* foil covered ones.