Coming soon to a theatre near you, the election. Once again we get to put a cross against the gang we would most like to run the state (apart from the senior civil servants, armed forces, spies, Quangos, big business.........). the state which enforces poverty and divisions, imposes debts and balances the books, that claims and enforces a monopoly of force, that kidnaps and incarcerates, extorts..... Who would you most like to beat your brains out? Put your cross here!
Of course most people will be voting for the lesser evil, to get or keep out those they think worse, but what's the difference?
There was a time when Labour offered more space to struggle and come together, more guarantees of income and services to protect us from the ravages of money. But not only has Blair spent all his time as Labour leader convincing the City, the press and us plebs that he won't change anything, the world has changed.
The global money system has freed itself from the nation state, making the state an official receiver for the Borld Wankers. The "national economy" is in hock and the role of the state to control us in order to attract some of the bloated finance capital orbiting the world at the speed of a computer link, hunting bargains.
Nothing can be gained on the basis of the nation state, because the state is based on our dispossession from power, and is floating in the global market. we have to do it ourselves, and we have to do it everywhere.
NEITHER WHITEHALL NOR BRUSSELS BUT GLOBAL REVOLUTION
ELECTION FRAUD!!!
As we all know, whatever we do, non-voters are going to be the majority at the next election, yet one of the parties is going to claim victory. So how about we follow the lead of our sisters and brothers on the streets of Serbia, and as soon as the election is over, start having demos demanding that they stand down in favour of the real winners, nobody!!!
10 REASONS TO VOTE
(1) I've never done it before.
(2) If all my false identities vote I could make a swing big enough to show on the BBC swingometer.
(3) They give you tea and biscuits ((oh, sorry, that's when you give blood).
(4) What about the people who died fighting for my right to vote?
(5) Labour can't be as bad as the Tories, can they?
(6) I got very good odds on the Lib-Dems.
(7) It would give me personal satisfaction to see Major and his gang kicked out.
(8) If not voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
(9) It would give me personal satisfaction to see Tony Blair and his gang lose.
(10) I might actually meet some local people for a change.