by HARRY BLACKWOOD
It's now
more than 25 years since I voted in any sort of election and I've spent the
past ten years actively campaigning to get people to follow suit.
You may
have been told otherwise but voting is not actively taking part in democracy.
It is actively taking part in an elaborate con trick. It's stupid and I know I
can convince you that I'm right.
My
politics can best be described as compassionate socialism. My leanings have
always been left of centre. So, living in Hartlepool - a Labour stronghold in
the North East of England - I should have been a happy bunny. Not a bit of it.
I've always had a deep-seated mistrust of politicians and when, in 1991, Labour
parachuted a smarmy, middle class spin doctor into constituency, I really began
to think about how voting and democracy actually works.
That man
was Peter Mandelson and his arrival in my home town not only changed my views
of politics, democracy and voting, it changed the entire course of my life. But
all that is for another day.
So, why
was Mandelson handed the safe Labour seat of Hartlepool to fight in the 1992
election? Well, it certainly wasn't for his strong Northern roots or his
working class background. Both were non-existent. And it wasn't because of any
political achievements. It was a reward for favours done and favours expected.
When Tony
Blair, Gordon Brown, Stephen Byers, Alan Milburn, Mandelson and others plotted
to hijack an ailing Labour Party, they weren't doing it for the good of the
nation, the good of democracy or the good of the Labour Party. They were doing
it for the good of themselves. Just like the Great Train Robbers divided up the
spoils of their haul, so the architects of New Labour did for many years to
come. Instead of getting a few mail sacks full of £20 notes, Mandy got the safe seat of Hartlepool as a launch
pad to becoming a multi-millionaire Bilderberger and political power broker.
But
here's the rub. This is the bit where hopefully you wake up. They can only get
away with it if
you go out and vote. They are desperate for your vote. They will do anything and say anything to get your vote. Without your vote they are finished. It has nothing to do with democracy or policies or principles. It's all about power and control.
you go out and vote. They are desperate for your vote. They will do anything and say anything to get your vote. Without your vote they are finished. It has nothing to do with democracy or policies or principles. It's all about power and control.
Don't
believe me? OK try this. At the last election the parties spent more than £30 million trying to get your vote. The Tories spent more
than half the total amount. Do you honestly think they spend these vast sums of
money to benefit democracy? Give your head a shake. They do it for power. Agreed?
So why do they want power? For power's sake. OK I'll give you that, they're a bunch of power mad psychopaths. So how about thinking further. Where did that £15 million that the Tories spent come from?
Yep, we're getting there. It came from wealthy bankers, hedge fund managers, businessmen etc. Now why do you suppose these people tip up these vast sums of money? For democracy? To support their chosen party? If you think that you are truly delusional. They do it for what they will get later down the line.
How many
times have we seen party donors later rewarded with knighthoods, MBEs, seats on
the Lords? That's EXACTLY how it works.
NO MATTER
HOW YOU VOTE, YOU GET THE GOVERNMENT.
No matter
what colour the government they are controlled by the same few banking families
(mainly Zionists) that control every corporation on the planet.
So don't
kid yourself that voting is upholding some sort of valuable democratic
principle that your forefathers fought for. That's more of the propaganda they
pump out to get your vote. They get you with the guilt trip.
And while
we are on, don't fall for this current trendy nonsense propagated by people who
like to belong in a gang that suggests spoiling your ballot paper or writing
'none of the above' is a solution. It isn't. The powerful elite don't give a
shit what you write on the ballot paper as long as you go into that polling
station.
Hell,
they don't even give a damn who you vote for and here's why: the very same
people who bankroll the Tories are the same people who bankroll Labour and the
Lib Dems. It's just channelled through in different ways.
Here's
the absolute truth. 99% of politicians are in it for themselves. They don't
give a shit about you or me. They don't really care about the policies of their
parties either. They just want to sip from the golden cup that has been thrust
into their hands by their backers.
Further
down the line, favours will be called in. Debts must be paid and governments
will do exactly what their masters tell them to do.
You may think
you are voting for a candidate or a party. You're not. By walking into that
polling booth you are voting for a system that is enslaving the world. By
voting you are giving a mandate to rich, powerful people you will never see or
hear, to rape and pillage the world and destroy mankind.
FEEL IT? LOVE IT? THEN SHARE IT!
Ideally 'none of the above' added to the ballot paper, but that will never happen of course. Harry's right, spoiling your paper will do no good whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteSpoiling a ballot paper with "None of the Above" is the only fun I get these days.
ReplyDeleteAs a long time anarchist I agree with every word you have written, but the solution can never come from mankind, we are inherently corrupt. The answer lies in following Our Lord Jesus Christ, only through Him can we be freed of the oppressive greed that has enslaved us all. If like many I have encountered on the left, you are an atheist then I pity you, for you have no sword with which to fight this horrendous evil that calls itself capitalism. Those at the top of the evil power structure are Godless atheists and you cannot fight them if you are as Godless as they are.
ReplyDeleteMy eternal praise to Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Just a point: The parties don't promote deomcracy, democracy is a system, not a political view. It's like me standing for a school rep candidate, I do all I can to get a vote, doesn't mean it's not democracy. People have the choice, that's the point... It's not about them supporting democracy or not, it's about me having a choice to put the X next to them. There's independants and other parties out there who have different political leanings. It's not only Tory, Labour or Lib Dem on the sheet, it wasn't when I last looked anyway.
ReplyDeleteAll well and good but how can that change anything. If those who oppose the system don't vote and those who approve of the system do then the system will be perpetuated . What is required is a new socialist party which we can vote for but as we are a minority this new party will never accede to power.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime vote Labour as they are the lesser of the two evils.