Reply To: Cost of living crisis

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Robbo:
—I would far sooner aspire to a better society
— even if it is unlikely to come in my lifetime.
Lizzie45:
—So would I, and I do.

No you can’t, and no you don’t!

Your Thatcherite TINA-ism denies a better society, and mocks aspiring to it. Your “aspiration” is disingenuous.

Lizzie45:
—Unfortunately there are far too many idiots who don’t
—[aspire to a better society].

So, I’m copping out. Don’t blame me for my attitude. It’s the fault of “far too many idiots” with aspiration well-and-truly belted out of them.

Not so!

Everyone has normal aspirations for righting perceived social wrongs, and is raring to deliver—incredulous that nobody ever thought of it before—a solution.

If only they [or “we”] would do this; if only they [or “we”] had done that, capitalism would be marvellous.

For socialists, who seek to transcend the “only game in town”, normal human aspiration is the seed of revolutionary comprehension.

For socialists, disingenuous TINA activism is the stuff of dreams of a pipe smoker.