I kept going. You did the right thing.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
As above. When the status quo suits you very well, it's very easy to let yourself believe that there is no other way to arrange things.
And there is nothing, NOTHING, that a politician hates more than having to take a decision that some people won't like. Whatever they may say, for 90% of...
Ha. Nope. Sorry. Not a billionare. Definitely not.
Very very rich in global terms yes. But relatively poor within my immediate neigbourhood.
You don't have to go as far as Presidents and Oligarchs though. Those pulling the strings of power are often closer to home (especially living in the...
I always struggle to imagine the conversation behind closed doors in number 10 somewhere:
'So, who should we be modelling our society on in future'?
'Well, The Nordic countries and New Zealand generally seem to do fairly well at most things that matter to people. Maybe we should try and learn...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mn4n
Never been a better, or more important time to act. We can help re-stimulate the economy and reduce future danger of both climate chnage and pandemics.
We probably won't for one simple reason.
Our government is in the hands of people that value their...