Monday, 13 February 2017

The New Politics

The Bloggist and his friend, Alfred Jarry, talk about the new politics based on falsehood, xenophobia, nationalism, and isolationism and the politicians who use falsehood and advocate xenophobia, nationalism, and isolationism. They agree with Martin Luther King that, "True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring". Mr. Jarry suggests, “Take my advice, whenever you meet any politician that talks about nationalism, globalisation and isolationism and fraudulently claims to be showing compassion and benevolence, or ought to be showing compassion and benevolence and isn’t, keep your eyes on them and their henchmen and look for the exit”. Despite his atheism and anti-clericalism, Mr. Jarry mutters lines from the third Psalm, “Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked”.

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