The interview with John Gray that was posted on previous thread was interesting listen for this. His take the failure of the centralised technocratic solution to everything and of course the worse th… (View Post)

Graffiti is a particular bug bear of mine. Tagging everything that doesn't move. Because we have as a society (and its true across Europe) just sort of shrugged at it and rarely the people are ever c… (View Post)

At this point, it would require a total shift in the way so many people have been trained to do their job for the state. It requires a Thatcher-esque level of determination to get such a culture shif… (View Post)

Absolultely. If you own your own home, drive a car with the legal plates, etc, its trivial to identify you and fine you. And the culture has increasingly become strict liability, any minor indescreti… (View Post)

This is a classic gripe I am interestingly hearing from even left leaning friends. If you working hard, paying your taxes, doing the right thing, the state has found 27,000 ways to punish minor indes… (View Post)