Expectations, liberalism and brainwashing

In the olden days things were so much simpler.

Boys followed their fathers down the mines or into the family business, and girls followed their mothers to the mill, or into service, without a thought. It was the way things were. You did as you were told. You followed rules. You knew your class and station in life. You married when and to whom you were told. You respected authority, law and the status quo. You feared God. People got diseases and died. Death was a part of life. People were solid, dependable and honest. People didn't swear. Society was still unequal but was nevertheless cohesive.

What the hell happened?

Three things: expectations, liberalism and brainwashing.

These pernicious items have led to the false but widely held belief that we can be anything, say anything, do anything, demand anything without giving jackshit in return. Nobody cares in a world where everyone thinks they can be rich and famous without actually achieving something. Work is a joke. Nobody gives a damn. They do what they like. Anything goes - drink, drugs, illegal sex, what used to be bastardy, sponging off the state, no respect for parents, police, councils, property, law, courts, emergency services, the Church, marriage, government. Religion is down the pan, others arise like paganism and New Age crap. The NHS makes us live to be a million years old which screws up employment and pensions as we prop up peoples' extra five years of infirmity or whatever it is. People cheat, lie, steal, fudge, corrupt, pervert. They're cowboys and rip-off merchants. TV and mobile phones have a zillion channels and we can contact anyone without thinking that crap at the speed of light (or sound) is still crap as we are brainwashed into technology with built-in obsolescence. Minority lobbies are taking over. Every condition has a label. Bankers pocket our money. MPs are dishonest. Newspapers promote filth and peddle political viewpoints instead of telling the truth. We bow to Europe. Pride in nationhood is an embarrassment. Having an opinion is a crime.

Yes, society will one day be equal. But at the cost of irretrievable anarchy.

Thank Christ (the real one, long since usurped by a chocolate egg and Santa Claus) I won't be around to see it's ultimate effect. And the next generation probably won't notice while they're high on crack discussing the next subdivision of sexuality, where they are on the scale of bipolarism, and how many Prozac they take in between.

Rant over. For now.

Jack Orchison
April 21, 2014.