The news bulletins seem to be going from bad to worse. It really is depressing, what with all the tales of suffering on both a small and a large scale. I don't understand why people can't at least try to treat one another a bit more kindly.
What for me is quite terrifying, is when the leader of what is apparently a democracy, acquires for herself by stealth almost dictatorial powers. Who are we to lecture anyone on the virtues of democracy? The terrifying thing about it is that the game-show-watching majority will believe the woman to be doing good, and will vote for her time and time again. Governments and societies that persecute their weakest members are not manifestations of a healthy democracy.
What is also of concern is, that what we are told is a 'fair, free and impartial' press is neither of these things. It broadcasts those things the Government wants us to be told, and in a way that reflects well on the Government. It manipulates the truth. It gives little or no coverage to matters that would rock the boat. One example is the recent U.N report on H.M. Government's treatment of the disabled. Another is the many thousands of suicides and suspicious deaths of disabled people, whose benefits had been stopped. Another is the recent anti-Brexit march. Is this really the sort of world that people want to live in?
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