The Last Feudal State

PaulsLaugh M Posts: 44,817 Member is Online	The Last Feudal State Apr 5, 2023 14:01:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by PaulsLaugh on Apr 5, 2023 14:01:24 GMT
	We live, so we are told, in a post-ideological society. We are addressed by social authority not as subjects who should do their duty, but subjects of pleasures: ‘Realize your true potential,’ ‘Be yourself,’ ‘Lead a satisfying life.’ When you put the glasses on, you see dictatorship in democracy.

PaulsLaugh M Posts: 44,817 Member is Online	The Last Feudal State Apr 5, 2023 14:02:41 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by PaulsLaugh on Apr 5, 2023 14:02:41 GMT If you notice, all the charts have one thing in common:
	We live, so we are told, in a post-ideological society. We are addressed by social authority not as subjects who should do their duty, but subjects of pleasures: ‘Realize your true potential,’ ‘Be yourself,’ ‘Lead a satisfying life.’ When you put the glasses on, you see dictatorship in democracy.

The Herald Erjen Francisco Scaramanga Posts: 7,227	The Last Feudal State Apr 5, 2023 14:05:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Herald Erjen on Apr 5, 2023 14:05:53 GMT From Wikipedia: The residents of Sark voted to introduce a fully elected legislature to replace the feudal government in a 2006 referendum, and the law change was approved on 9 April 2008.
	Trust no one, and believe half of what you see, because nothing is as it appears, and nobody is who they seem to be.

The Herald Erjen Francisco Scaramanga Posts: 7,227	The Last Feudal State Apr 5, 2023 14:09:54 GMT PaulsLaugh likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Herald Erjen on Apr 5, 2023 14:09:54 GMT Apr 5, 2023 14:02:41 GMT PaulsLaugh said: If you notice, all the charts have one thing in common: It's a shape I easily recognize.
	Trust no one, and believe half of what you see, because nothing is as it appears, and nobody is who they seem to be.