Quote IR80="IR80"Indeed, it is like saying one form of extremism is more valid than the other, the truth (to me) is there is a middle ground, which can shift by a few degrees left, or right, dependant on circumstance.'"
I broadly agree - in that in most situations, there are the perceptions of the people involved, coloured by their own prejudice, mindset, beliefs etc - and somewhere in the middle, is the 'truth' - which no one wholly owns; except of course in the case of facts - which in this post-fact world, seem to have been relegated to the same standing as opinions, which is sad and a bit scary. We can all have our own opinions, but we can't have our own facts.
Quote IR80="IR80"Individuals like Trump, May, Corbyn and Johnson don't give a fig about us, politics, the world over is full of self serving individuals with an agenda. But it has always been the case. The Bible, The K'oran, the list goes on. It'ss all garbage designed to enslave the masses in the confines of their own mind.
And it has worked for centuries.'"
I agree with you in respect of religious texts - it's all man made, and as you say, were early attempts to a) explain a mysterious world in the absence of understanding and b) control and subjugate people.
I don't agree that *all* politicians don't give a fig about us - I happen to think that Corbyn (and Bernie Sanders across the pond) flawed as they are, do care about people, and have a lifetime of political activity to evidence that; in some ways, the hysterical smearing of these people by the establishment, is proof positive that they are on to something - changing the nature of society to remove power and influence, often ill-gotten, from the 1% and into the hands of the many. It can't be any worse than the excesses of late stage capitalism, which continues to create more and more wealth inequality, and strangles the planet beyond repair as mega-corps are encouraged and enabled to frantically sell us more and more shizzle that we don't need, in pursuit of shareholder value.
