Baffled European

Tag: untrustworthy

  • How to avoid a revolution

    If I were a dictator, there are a couple of things I would do.

    For a start, I would keep the army happy. What soldiers don’t want to see is thousands of their comrades in arms kicked out for no good reason. Not to mention the way that old heroes are being erased from the record for racist and sexist reasons, because those soldiers don’t fit into the perfect image that their masters demand.

    That’s not to mention abolishing assistance for veterans. A lot of old soldiers have trouble adjusting to civilian life and it’s good that the government at least tries to help them, even if it doesn’t always work.

    Even the dumbest grunt must surely notice how badly the government is treating their comrades and how they themselves will not get any support in the future. That’s not what they were promised when they joined up.

    Then there’s the social security cheques. I would make sure these were paid on time and in the full amount. People depend on this money for survival and there will be a big problem if hundreds of thousands suddenly cannot afford to eat. Especially if they are armed.

    That’s what I would do at any rate. The US government is not doing either of these things. My conclusion? Obviously they’re not trying to set up a dictatorship. Thank goodness for that.

  • You say you got a constitution

    Lots and none at all it is with the news. So much going on and no way to make any sense out of it. So I decide to spend my Sunday listening to the cricket and baking some bread.

    In the lunch break I switch on the telly to see if ZDF can enlighten me. It seems they don’t know what’s going on either, but they did have a montage of the chaos.

    I have to feel sorry for a lot of the USAians in the report. The gangster has tipped their lives upside down for no good reason and they don’t know what has hit them.

    All of them, every last one, appeals to the constitution. It’s a holy document to them. The last guarantee of their rights.

    It’s been clear for a long time that it doesn’t work properly and that some major changes are needed to update it from the pre-industrial world it was written in. Stuff that should be in there is grafted on as law and it ends up as an endless mass of litigation.

    But it worked, sort of, until now, because the constitution has installed a convicted fraudster as president. Fortunately it covers itself by insisting the president must swear an oath – on his honour, mind – to uphold the constitution.

    I think the USAians should address these issues.

    More immediately though, congratulations to India on winning the Champions Trophy!