When Bad Men Associate

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."


Attributed to Edmund Burke

Burke never made that famous statement. However, he did say something vaguely similar in 1770: "when bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

My post on the Acid Bath was reproduced on the Anna Raccoon site and one of the commentators there said why are you bothering to fight such an unequal struggle, this morning I heard on Radio Four, three 'Labour Voters'  saying that they did not trust  the Labour Party anymore, and of those three coming out with the common refrain that they are all the same.

In many ways all of these ordinary voters are right, why bother you cannot change anything, yes the political classes are all the same they are venal because this is there bread and butter employment. 'The New Generation' of political leaders have barely touched the world of employment and they are in their early to mid forties.

Unless we do bother, the next generation will be hereditary, we are already seeing political dynasties, the Benns, the Churchills, the Milibands, is this what our ancestors fought for the return of competing elite families ? These families now have Pan European ambitions when they are thwarted at home.

Libertarianism will never flourish under the present political system, because it is a rigged system designed to prevent new entrants, as such it will ossify. Equally most voters still believe that they live in a 'free society' and are independent actors in their own lives. Sadly the perception is slow catching up with the reality.

Unless  we can install a new Constitution that offers checks and balances against Abitrary power of a political elite, political life and personal life will stagnate.

That is why I am bothering.