Should different classes or groups within a country have to
follow a common agenda or should the philosophical / moral / political
agenda, which is largely the brain child of a specialise group, the
chattering class, who have control over the media,
should their opinions be the basis of the body politic.
Is it "Neanderthal" for a person who has felt the direct economic effect of immigration and the lowering wages, which
often accompanies the increased market in labour, especially since it is
usually not a level playing field, to complain and wish for
the migrants to go away, preferably back home . Is it right we level
opprobrium on our own people calling them racist when all they are doing is protecting their jobs and their way of life.
Usually young men and women come from all parts of the globe to
take advantage of the opportunity to obtain work where there is non in
their own country. Willing to accept what ever terms are offered, often
sending a large part of their earnings home,
to an economy which is, by comparison, impoverished. Living in a shared
digs, some-times many to a room, sometimes hot bedding, (we have all
done it as we wander around the world), places the immigrant in a
position willing accept a lower wage and work longer
hours since everything is in their minds temporarily. Compare this to
the man or woman bringing up a family with all the pressures that it
entails and you see an immediate flash point. And we must also never lose sight of the exploitative tendency of business
to make the most of such a situation.
As a society the willingness to be open hearted, to recognise the
commonality of human beings, the moral aspects of extending a hand to
assist, is the currency of the middle and upper middle classes where,
fortunately for them, the pressure of lower rates
of pay would not be countenanced in their professional life.
In a dog eat dog society, where resources are very limited and much seems in disarray it is scandalous to ask people from these areas to have views which are philosophically equivalent or have much in common with the Chelsea set .
The fall back on catch all phrases such as racism is cheap and shows the paucity of modern academic rigour, the absurdity of modern society in its willingness to attempt to close down proper dialogue by these common slurs.
The rise of UKIP as an alternative to the often holier than thou standpoint in the Labour Party which, whilst having
moral value, is out of touch with the reality on the ground. Listening
to the Blairites is like listing to the 'village vicar', a man
or woman who's hopes and desires are exemplary but locked up in their
faith and the routines of religious routine makes them separate, cut adrift from their congregation.
The term Political Correctness which some of the most heretical
proponents of denying freedom of speech on the basis that certain views
may be unpleasant will now a days wriggle at the use of the term but in
the last 20 years there has been a ridiculous
volte face in representing the ordinary fears of the masses (a term
itself they would deny) for the defence of the minority. They have
constructed a nether world where reality is suspended and a fairyland
environment is imposed on the basis of human need and
respect. The everyday reality, as in the case of the effects of mass
immigration is swept under the carpet and soothing noises are heard to
quell any unhappiness, platitudes invoked, and the indigenous constituency left feeling ever more frustrated.
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