Great Turn-Offs Of Our Time (9)

When ever we hear the word 'fair'
in politics it seems to be used to defend
an aggressively regressive tax structure,
in proposals where in the future
the poorest have to pay the most.

This situation is almost always imposed
by openly populist right-wing regimes.

It is not merely that such governments
actually like the poor living less well
than everyone else, particularly when
they are made to work harder,
but this new 'fairness' is meant to hide
a Social Darwinism where what was once
falsely described as the survival of the fittest
becomes the wealthy defending their wealth
as if that was the means of their fitness to rule.

Without it their ambition would be naked
and they would be made to be ashamed.

   

Popular Turn Off's (18)

When a newspaper report puts 'Campaigners say'
into their headlines then what that tells you
is that the following report will be more speculation
than solid reporting about some anxious situation
which may, or may not, be reason for anxiety after all.

Campaigners claim to be experts,
where what they lack in expertise
they make up for with partisan energy.
Where skill should be they fill the void
with sheer enthusiasm and naivete.