Sovereignty or Subjugation
All this hoo-haa in the press about the recent no votes in France and Holland has made very little impression on me despite the blaring and crowing of the neo-con media gloating at the defeat of the EU constitution. What has been of interest is the fact that no one seems to cotton on to the fact our sovereignty has already been compromised by our slavish devotion to all things American and the filtration of American trends into the society as a whole. When will parties such as the UK Independence Party make a stand against the creeping Americanisation of our life rather than flog the dead horse of the threats posed by the EU superstate? When the pope converts to Islam, most likely.
The creep of American influence is reflected not only in matters relating to the media, such as trashy TV shows like Big Brother and Jerry Springer, and also the film industry in general, but also in more mundane environments such as the workplace. For example the reliance on targets and business oriented practices in public services, together with the adoption of free market privatisation has resulted in costlier and poorer standards of services. Yet the epitome of Americanisation can be found in the business call centres. Here, the soul destroying and continuous pressure to meet ever increasing targets takes its toll on the work force, while the fat cats reap the rewards. The result is a workforce who are essentially zombies, slaves to the phones, and little more than assets rather than people.
The adoption of US work practices has seen a massive increase in depression, suicides and mental health problems. Yet the solution to this is to penalise the employee if he goes off sick - causing even more depression. is it any wonder why countries that have adopted American practices have a high suicide rate?
Yet despite this, the people are so brainwashed into hating the EU, who have passed laws protecting the workforce, that they fail to see that while the EU is not perfect, it would be vastly preferable to becoming a vassal 51st state where everyone is a commodity to be used and then spat out.
In other areas as well, we are slowly losing our identity - the increased use of American slang and phrases like for example the phrase “to achieve closure” or “touch base.” I absolutely detest these words as they seem to be words that have grown out of the repetition of shows like Ricki Lake or Jerry Springer where members of the studio audience stand up and spout off meaningless psychobabble using any stupid phrase that jumps into their pea sized brains.
In terms of health as well, the UK is rapidly becoming the world’s second fattest nation with a massive plethora of fat oversized slobs who guzzle down coke by the gallon and could polish off a meal that even Jesus would have problems distributing to the feeding of the 5000. This has an effect on the NHS, which is slowly deteriorating as less money is poured in and private health care is improving. It’s almost like a government plan to remove the NHS by swamping it with slobs - this giving them a reason to disband it altogether and then focusing on purely private healthcare. This would then create a society of haves and have nots which would be no different to the days of the Roman Empire. Yet no one seems to have a problem with this, it’s as if any sense of responsibility to our fellow citizens has decided to take a hike or to curl up and die.
This leads neatly on to my next example of creeping - that of the explosion of the selfish me, me, me attitude that pervades modern society. Every day, without fail, you will come across an advert for claim or compensation companies that will promise you a payout for something as simple as tripping on the pavement. This attitude, together with the welfare state as it currently is, is dissolving any sense of personal responsibility in people. No doubt this will have an effect on our kids as they turn into homicidal dysfunctional maniacs. I’m very pro welfare state, but along the Scandinavian model, where it is seen as the last resort, rather than the first port of call.
Perhaps the most worrying aspect of creeping Americanisation and hegemonous sterile culture is how we as a nation are losing our spirit of inquiry and knowledge to the extent that many people nowadays focus on celebrity and gossip without questioning the big issues of the day. It seems that more people would be concerned about Rebecca Loos wanking off a pig or Abi Titmuss shagging some half wit neanderthal ex-footballer than looking at issues like debt relief for Africa, or the lies that led us to war in Iraq. Personally, I would like Al-Qaida to fly a hit squad into the Celebrity Love Island, just so I could watch the results and then vote to choose which twat would be executed live.
So next time you hear someone mouthing off about Europeans and sovereignty and independence, think of the situation we’re already in and fucking DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!
“For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing”
Attributed to Edmund Burke