Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Political Systems

Oligarchy: rule by the few; eg rule by political parties in a democracy.
Plutocracy: rule by the rich; eg rule by corporations in a democracy.

Friday, 6 April 2012

Machiavellian

[Machiavelli] holds that religion should have a prominent place in the State, not on the ground of its truth, but as a social cement.
 — Bertrand Russell 'The History Of Western Philosophy' (p493)

Mal Volio

Some people are born-again Christians …
some people have born-again Christians thrust upon them.

Thursday, 29 March 2012

Doobie Brothers

To be is to do
 — Socrates

To do is to be
 — Sartre

Do Be Do Be Do
 — Sinatra

Looking After The Bottom Line


Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Mediated Aristocracy

Acting: the art of insincerity.

Scent Marking

When poor young people do it to property, it is called tagging.
When rich corporations do it to people, it is called branding.