You should compare it to the world of 1800. That's a world where 90% live in absolute poverty, compared to 8% now. (View Post)

The difference between you and me is that I think that the capitalist system that has developed over the past two centuries has been a positive good for humanity. Even Marx saw capitalism as being mo… (View Post)

30 years ago, the police would have said “You should be so lucky, son.” (View Post)

The Conservatives had some huge leads in 2008/09, but Labour had a mini-rally at the end of 2008, and swing back started at the end of 2009. Labour did considerably worse in local elections in 2008/0… (View Post)

What’s agonising is that about 49% of Israelis would actually support a more or less decent government, but time and again, the shitbags get a tiny majority in the Knesset. (View Post)