Wednesday 14 September 2011

Why Britain?

Britain. I have publicly declared that perhaps I will apply for the citizenship of the United Kingdom. Even since then, people have bombarded me with questions. Usually they say that the UK is just as bad as America (it sent troops to all USA mission, i.e. colloquially speaking it is USA's 'bitch') or that it is much more socialist than other countries I have permanently been in (USA or Poland). But the truth is that I respect the UK for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it is independent. Under David Cameron the UK is a much stronger nation. Yes, it invaded Libya without any coherent purpose, but so did every other NATO country (including Poland). Britain is the only country which, in the current depression, actually has a decent government. Cameron's cabinet is not all-good and not all-free-market, but it is much better than anything the Obama administration can provide, and it is much better than anything a Mitt Romney administrations could provide. Once upon a time I did not support the Conservatives because I thought they were not Thatchetist enough, and now I still don't think they are doing enough, but they are going in the right direction.
As the great William Pitt said: "England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, I trust, save Europe by herself." This was a statement against Napoleon and the first European Union (the second one being Adolf Hitler's). Maybe I can also participate in saving Europe from the current crazy greed-driven socialist frenzy?

1 comment:

  1. It's practically impossible to be libertarian without being conservative - that's just a fact of life. In anarchist society leftists would die out because they are well known for destroying all capital very quickly. Ergo, they would have no resources and would starve to death or have to live at levels reached previously by Neanderthals. Who knows, maybe Neanderthals died out because they lived in collective communities where personal responsibility didn't exist... Neo-Liberal (i.e. socialist) ideology leads to rapid consumption and no meaningful production whatsoever. Conservative-minded people (and I don't mean the Conservative Party, I mean conservatice ideologically) create all the wealth for the leftists to then destroy.

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