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It is good to imagine what life in socialism will be like, but it’s also very hard because life in a socialist society will be so different than a capitalist society.
When it comes to planning how we’re going to solve problems, such as lifting people in the Global South out of extreme poverty as quickly as possible, I believe we should wait until the World Socialist Movement starts to really take-off before doing that (for example, when the SPGB has at least 100,000 members).
This excellent analysis of the classic episode of the Twilight Zone – It’s a Good Life – explains why it’s a superb metaphor for totalitarianism
Whether the world socialist revolution will happen or not, no-one can say.
However, as technology gets better & better it becomes more & more ridiculous that we’re still living in capitalism.
To give one example of how mad capitalism is: it got rid of an aeroplane (Concord) that could fly from London to New York in 3 hours!
– Zugzwang
That reminds me of something someone said about Bob Hope: ‘Some say Bob Hope was a bad comedian because he didn’t write his jokes. However, Elvis didn’t write his songs & nobody says he was a bad singer’.
Anyway, here’s a beautiful cover version of a great Chicago song: Hard to Say I’m Sorry – Emma Gilmour
– h.moss
That was the very first song posted on the Music thread of this forum. If my memory serves me right, it was posted by Paula McEwan. It’s a great song, though.
(Marie’s the Name of) his Latest Flame – Elvis ‘the pelvis’ Presley
You don’t say? Well, that’s something he had in common with Shakin’ Stevens. Apparently, GM’s Greek father was a Leninist – & the former voted for the Labour Party throughout his life.
To correct a small mistake I made, ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ wasn’t the first *song* written by Burt Bacharach due to it being an instrumental (performed by Nat ‘King’ Cole on the piano).
The first song was ‘The Story of my Life’ by Marty Robbins (with lyrics by Hal David).
Wham Rap – Wham!
D.H.S.S. stands for the Department of Health & Social Security.
Best lyric: ‘Do you enjoy what you do? If not, just stop. Don’t stay there and rot.’
According to Wikipedia, Bacharach’s first professionally written song was ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ ( sung by Nat King Cole).
‘Three Wheels on my Wagon’ (sung by Dick van Dyke – whose amazing 99 years old!) was released in 1961 (with lyrics by Bob Hillard).
Here’s where the Story Ends – Tin Tin Out feat. Shelly Nelson
Here’s the original, rustic version by the Sundays
Another song for ALB
Do you know the way to San Jose? – Dionne Warwick
Written by Burt Casino-Card-Game & Hal David
Bizarre commentary coming from BBC News:
We’re told to celebrate the fall of the Assad regime & Syria becoming a failed state! We’re also told that Syria could now become a democracy of sorts [sic], & that the main group of jihadists who took Damascus (HTS) isn’t so bad because it’s (apparently) more moderate than the other jihadist groups!
What’s happened in Syria is a second sequel to what happened in Afghanistan in the 1980’s (Libya was the first sequel).
