tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post7930399958038913847..comments2023-06-04T14:47:02.324+01:00Comments on a sideways glance: The trouble with democracy...simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-6294789392865369762012-05-10T15:25:21.628+01:002012-05-10T15:25:21.628+01:00Austerity tends to breed extremists as every econo...Austerity tends to breed extremists as every economist who taught me said about the rise of the Nazis in 1920s Germany.<br />I agree saying 'no' is not enough. It's a start, but we need something to say 'yes' to. And where's that going to come from?simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-3637590052301272172012-05-10T14:32:30.474+01:002012-05-10T14:32:30.474+01:00agree with much of what you write.
people are cer...agree with much of what you write. <br />people are certainly saying "we have had enough".It is worth remembering though that protesting is the easy bit, working out a different future is tough, and while I hear plenty of voices saying" Enough !" the voices that are offering real alternatives( as opposed to lets cut a fractionally slower rate) like the far right and indeed far left in Greece are very scaryCharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968654263482623689noreply@blogger.com