tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225795457407230638.post8922726661573069900..comments2024-03-28T07:36:19.697+00:00Comments on Excuse Me Whilst I Step Outside: Nationalism and Globalisation: Two Snapshots in TimeCharlieMcMenaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942021756417667913noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225795457407230638.post-88428872547389041812010-07-21T13:59:53.932+01:002010-07-21T13:59:53.932+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Internet business at home automated systemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06049803326937537920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225795457407230638.post-80294158055025371632010-07-15T20:51:20.433+01:002010-07-15T20:51:20.433+01:00Charlie,
Glad that helped. The Right already arg...Charlie,<br /><br />Glad that helped. The Right already argue that Tax is theft. To the Left I suppose my argument as elsewhere would be why do you want the Capitalist State to own these shares? is your preference for State Capitalism greater than your concern to avoid the cuts?<br /><br />No, its not inflationary. It doesn't involve creating any extra money. It could be argued that if aBoffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225795457407230638.post-2404956040336026902010-07-14T19:03:24.144+01:002010-07-14T19:03:24.144+01:00You mean like this Boffy?(This is me testing your ...You mean like this <a href="http://boffyblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-to-pay-for-deficit.html" rel="nofollow">Boffy</a>?(This is me testing your helpful explanation). <br /><br />I think the thing about insisting all private enterprises created 10% more shares, handed them over to the govt and the govt then selling them for - your estimate - £100 billion is that it seems very odd to non CharlieMcMenaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942021756417667913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225795457407230638.post-47439523451311242122010-07-14T15:06:36.234+01:002010-07-14T15:06:36.234+01:00Charlie,
First on this last point, I'm assumi...Charlie,<br /><br />First on this last point, I'm assuming you mean linking say to my blog post cited above. The format is a "<" symbol followed by "a href=" followed by the url, followed by ">", then the word label you want to give it, closed by "<" followed by "/a" and closed by ">". I've had to enclose the Boffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225795457407230638.post-14680830871705300962010-07-13T19:56:12.027+01:002010-07-13T19:56:12.027+01:00Hi Boffy,
I always feel a bit guilty when you comm...Hi Boffy,<br />I always feel a bit guilty when you comment, because I read so many of your posts and think, <i>"Hmm, let me ponder on that for a bit...."</i> and then never come back to your blog to say anything. I still haven't worked out what I think about your suggestion here* <a rel="nofollow">http://boffyblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-to-pay-for-deficit.html</a> for instance - CharlieMcMenaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942021756417667913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225795457407230638.post-16309395894131236912010-07-13T17:30:28.096+01:002010-07-13T17:30:28.096+01:00I Just can't believe how he got away with blag...I Just can't believe how he got away with blagging his way to watching the Final in Spain with a load of semi-naked people, and said so little in his report! No doubt the report on the Economy next week will be worth the trip.<br /><br />I think Marxists have generally underestimated the power of Nationalism as an ideology. It goes back to before class society, and also even today it can beBoffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225795457407230638.post-5552138763158399932010-07-13T12:49:56.888+01:002010-07-13T12:49:56.888+01:00Rab
I think you're right about the temporary e...Rab<br />I think you're right about the temporary effect of sporting triumphs on senses of national inclusivity.<br /><br />Just imagine if there had been a British team in 1966, not an English one. Hurst would never have got on the pitch: Denis Law would surely have played, and Hunt (or possibly Gilzean) would have come in if Greaves was misfiring. A place would have had to be found for JimCharlieMcMenaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942021756417667913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225795457407230638.post-45542045861358082462010-07-13T11:14:46.214+01:002010-07-13T11:14:46.214+01:00'...a grudge, held long enough, looks powerful...'...a grudge, held long enough, looks powerfully like a nationalism to me.'<br /><br />I can throw away all those theoretical and historical books that try to account for nationalism. This is it. Nationalism is a grudge held long enough. Quite brilliant, Charlie.<br /><br />I saw Paul Mason on Newsnight last night. I'd have preferred more from him in Spain than the rather bland Rabelaishttp://mediastudiesisshit.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com