Saturday 6 June 2009

A propos à la crise politique actuelle


“Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge."

Francesco Guicciardini
Posted by Trooper Thompson at 15:34
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3 comments:

alison said...

Awesome remark! I've always thought that about revolutions. They don't work basically :)

Why? because men are in charge. They have egos and a thirst for power, a lack of obligation towards benevolence and eventually those corrupt the cause. Look at America or France. France now has a nobility again. And America it's royalty.

Poor Marie Antoinette :P

Actually I do feel sorry for her. I think that whole revolution was ghastly.

For a second there I thought you were going to run another post in French :)

6 June 2009 at 21:39
cisbio said...

How often have I seen that stupid cliche wheeled out recently: 'A Very British Coup'

in other words: 'A Utterly Useless Coup'

7 June 2009 at 07:39
Trooper Thompson said...

Alison,

"I've always thought that about revolutions. They don't work basically"

A revolution is never enough in itself. Sometimes they are necessary. However the struggle over power continues between the aristocracy (the bankers, oligarchs and corporations)and the plebians, who they've managed to convince have at the same time NO power and ALL the power (doublethink in the minds of isolated individuals in a so-called democracy)

Cisbio,

"How often have I seen that stupid cliche wheeled out recently.."

Well, why spread the misery? Keep your cliches to yourself!

Give me a call if you've got my number. We'll go for a drink.

9 June 2009 at 20:45

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