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Blair expected to be offered seat in Murdoch's boardroom
Originally posted by Odin
The leader of a party that calls itself the LABOR party joins a corporation owned by the king of right-wing propaganda?
Whose paper, which happens to be the most read in the UK, supported Labour at the last few elections, since Blair bought them onside. They've been working together since the mid 90s.
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Forgive him. He's got a limited perspective and didn't realize that Murdoch's company was multi-national in nature.
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So basically all politicians should just lock themselves up in their houses when they retire.
The benchmark for success in our world is usually being a successful businessman of some sort. Only successful people make good politicians. Why do people find it odd when these two entities end up being one and the same?
The other system is to murder your way up a party ladder, I like our way.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
Originally posted by Patroklos
So basically all politicians should just lock themselves up in their houses when they retire.
The benchmark for success in our world is usually being a successful businessman of some sort. Only successful people make good politicians. Why do people find it odd when these two entities end up being one and the same?
The other system is to murder your way up a party ladder, I like our way.
You mean your world. Most successful people are not entrepreneurs.
But they sure as hell work for them, or sit on the boards of their large corporations, or are partners in their powerful lawfirms.
What did the leading politicians of your party do before they became politicians? Exactly.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
Or are public servants or career politicians or journalists or professionals or academics or anything really.
Public servants like soldiers always supposedly in the pocket of defense contractors, any career politician is connected the business if he is the leader of a state (library clerks don't become PMs), professionals are businessmen, or academics working for what institutions with research grants from whom.
There is no way around it Sandman, successful politicians are financially successful and thus connected to business. Why you think they are divorced from our societies benchmarks for success I can not fathom.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
Actually, I was believing that the single largest group in western politics are lawyers/jurists.
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Originally posted by Patroklos
Public servants like soldiers always supposedly in the pocket of defense contractors, any career politician is connected the business if he is the leader of a state (library clerks don't become PMs), professionals are businessmen, or academics working for what institutions with research grants from whom.
There is no way around it Sandman, successful politicians are financially successful and thus connected to business. Why you think they are divorced from our societies benchmarks for success I can not fathom.
Whee! Let's play 'connect the things'. You're just redefining the world of business to encompass basically everything. An America-centric view. Not every society thinks that doctors and lawyers = businesspeople.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
Public servants like soldiers always supposedly in the pocket of defense contractors, any career politician is connected the business if he is the leader of a state (library clerks don't become PMs), professionals are businessmen, or academics working for what institutions with research grants from whom.
There is no way around it Sandman, successful politicians are financially successful and thus connected to business. Why you think they are divorced from our societies benchmarks for success I can not fathom.
IIRC military personnel and employeees of the Department of Defense who have had jobs which give them special knowledge of military procurement programs, i.e., those who work in R&D, logistics, etc., are prohibited from taking jobs with defense contractors for a certain number of years after leaving the service.
I thought that Tony Blair was committed to eradicating poverty in our time. I don't think that becoming one of Murdoch's flunkies is consistent with that goal. If Blair is sincere he'll take a position with Oxfam or some other charitable organization. American presidents get a comfortable retirement pension when they leave office. Doesn't the UK pension its prime ministers?
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