Thomas_More
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The US seeks to use Taiwan “as a flashpoint for a wider war or proxy war with China,”
And one conversation, or, the opening of one conversation, is enough for most to avoid us thereafter.
Penniless aristocrats and over-rich bourgeois are a common theme in these novels. So are “yobs” and muggers who are aristocrats, picking on members of the bourgeoisie.😀
Surely Britain and Europe’s seizing of international tankers carrying Russian oil, if maintained, will result in war?
Two debates, but intertwined.
1. Did Daniel Defoe write the General History of the Pirates?
If he did, why would he compose one fictional account in a gigantic work of factual accounts?
So,
a) The utopia of Captain Misson is true, in which case it is a piece of history which should interest socialists, or
b) It is the one fiction in a work of factual accounts, which would make Daniel Defoe a utopian socialist – also of interest.2. If Defoe is not the author, but the unknown Captain Johnson, then the same (a & b above) apply. If b, then we have in the unknown Johnson an 18th century utopian socialist whom we do not know.
I still cannot see the CAPITALIST ECONOMIC motive behind Europe’s policy on Russia and Russian energy.
The trouble is, the majority of the working class just go on taking it, and will go on taking it, even when they are told to hide underground for the final big one. They’ll just obey.
