I was on holiday in the North and got chatting. This bloke described London as "foreigners serving foreigners".

Thought you might like that.

Davos...

To cut and paste something I saw:

The place where:

1. Men who hire prostitutes deliver speeches on gender equality.

2. tycoons arrive in private jets to persuade you to ride a bicycle.

3. Billionaires assure you that you can be happy without having anything.

Essentially a meeting place jolly for the rich and powerful to convince themselves that designing systems to ensure that they keep their wealth and power while you pay for it is a good thing.

Edited by Stirlingsays (19 Jan 2024 11.12am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

"Bad times make strong men, strong men make good times, good times make weak mean, weak men make bad times" - Danny Granville.

I think there's a lot of truth there. Off the back of World Wars and other woes we've seen much peace and the likes of technological advancement etc. in the West. Many in the West have therefore become so comfortable they're now actively seeking different avenues to feel important, using the energy left over that would previously be preserved for mere survival.

Police Forces barely recognised as institutions, even being demonised, rapid migration (much of it illegal), nonsense ideas masquerading ironically as being 'progressive', widening economic inequality, propaganda/influencing/grooming/echo chambers off the scale as a result of mass media, children stabbing eachother to death frequently, so on and so forth.

The 'globalism', 'fall of the west' and 'great replacement' chatter is a bit too obscure and hysterical for me, or maybe it seems so as I've not paid it much attention, but does not feel completely removed from the reality. Equally, some sort of catalytic moment to change the tide is hard to envisage but does feel likely, if not inevitable.

Haven't watched the video yet Stirling, obliged to attend an incredibly boring meeting currently which may require my input/response any moment, but I'm guessing it's something to boil the blood...

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Well that's the thing, they need something new to explore for/to justify their status so I can instantly guess at some of the topics they are 'discussing'.

I always liked the Matrix films, or the fact the whole coming about of their dystopian future was that the West began 'marvelling' at it's own 'peak in civilisation' (end of 1990'2 early 2000's).

Perhaps there was much prophecy in this and therefore those previously held as 'intellectuals' are so hard pushed to advance us beyond where we landed, some of the insanity we see now is labelled as 'progressive' with complete disregard as to what that actually means?

Are we progressing toward a better world for all, or just a different one, one that will be vastly different to the relative comfortability we had achieved? I fear the latter and hence the emboldening of weak men and those with any issues/identifiers which place them outside of the characteristics of those to whom we at least once did, owe so much.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

It's exactly that. They often even hijack causes to which they have no natural allegiance or identity with, purely for egotistical, self-satisfying and power-grabbing reasons. The truth is many will not have any real 'cause' to fight for, given the comfort within which they live, so are pursuing their own downfall.

As many issues have now become a vehicle for power we see the vast majority of those championing them being Machiavellian types subservient to the 'causes'
in an attempt to attain the power they could/would not find elsewhere.

The amount of times I see race being discussed where socio-economic backgrounds would be of far more relevance is nuts. Typically, it's white people from more privileged backgrounds that would sooner put race into the spotlight than talk about that which actually unites and divides people, as one example. It's quintessential 'divide and conquer' tactics.

I won't watch the video and I find, if of any help to anyone else, that the more you watch failures arguing about race, gender etc. the more unaligned with reality you will become. Always far more value just heading out of the house, perhaps just the supermarket, and speaking to real people to let you know the vast majority of the world has not completely lost its mind and equally, the vast majority of people are OK.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

pretty soon you will need to apologise for being a hetero man who likes the idea of a heading a long-term Nuclear family- supported by the money you earn. And is so racist as to support the National football team.

Ireland will lead the way. Our allegedly 'Conservative' politicians are like Gary Linekar at a climate march.
Our PM (Leo Varadkar) was filmed snogging the face of some bloke on a nightclub dancefloor, thus cheating on his own husband. The righteous indignation of being filmed performing a private act in a public place has been epic. In the link below, the Governmental number two expresses his outrage at the 'breach of privacy'.

In the past, straight politicians resigned when caught cheating on their wife. For Shame. But today, Pride is Pride. Proud to wave the flag and call us all prejudiced for any disapproval.

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Edited by PalazioVecchio (20 Jan 2024 9.27am)

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford