tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post7864389958375330176..comments2024-10-25T13:58:36.797+01:00Comments on Obsolete: It turns out we can go on like this.septicislehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-26720364471816825132010-11-20T17:40:51.351+00:002010-11-20T17:40:51.351+00:00Bloody annoying when blogger strikes like that but...Bloody annoying when blogger strikes like that but I wouldn't bother about it. The post pretty well sums things up - except that, in truth we never did have a democracy worthy of the word.<br /><br />It's just that things have got so damned in-your-face these days that I'm surprised anyone bothers with the pretense any more.<br /><br />The system is frankly un-reformable. Demographics, resource constraints and a host of convergent nasties make eventual collapse as inevitable as it will be ugly - TPTB having prepared well for it over it over many years now. Orwell's 1984 was just 25-30 years before it's time, that's all.Sabretachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652655872639394084noreply@blogger.com