Silly Old Twit

      As I walked into the city this morning I joined the crowds as they spilled out of Westland Row railway station on their way to the medical card protest outside Dail Eireann. Apart from the sheer numbers what struck me most was the fact that this was an affluent middle class crowd. And when I eventually got to the protest itself this was really brought home to me. If you didn’t know what was going on you would never have made the mistake of thinking that this might be an unemployment demonstration or something like that. The sense of smugness combined with ill disguised rage was sickening.
    So let us be quite clear about this ….This is about greed and has nothing to do with social justice. It’s about a group of quite wealthy people who having “worked hard all their lives and saved a handsome amount of money for the proverbial rainy day ” are determined to hang on to their wealth now that the rainy day has come.  Irish people , and the new Irish middle class in paticular are amongst the wealthiest people in the world (and indeed were quick to boast of this wealth up to just a few weeks ago). The fact that we as a nation can no longer afford free medical services for all regardless of wealth is not something that they are interested in or care about. “What we have we hold” and these nice people do indeed have it.
      These quite affluent people are not negatively affected by mass immigration or it’s consequences but if they were we know what their reaction would be. They would be the first to shout of “Ireland for the Irish”……and they would not hesitate to demand the wholesale deportation of all immigrants if they thought that would protect their own selfish interests. These people did not take to the streets in solidarity with the homeless or the marginalised….they were probably too busy collecting their rents so they could send their sons and daughters to some good Catholic university while they had yet another holiday in their overseas second home. The rights or wrongs of means testing is not the issue here..
    “We worked hard for what we have”  Yes and as I have said  they most certainly have it. “It’s about the economy stupid “  Yes , it’s about money and has nothing to do with ethics or the greater social good. “You cannot serve two masters…..” ‘Never a truer word. Oh yes and yes indeed , they could have taken to the streets , the whole 15,000 of them for some great cause but chose instead to march to protect their own self interest. Greed , greed and more greed.

   Meanwhile the economy slows down ……..( I’ll write of this in the next few days )…..Back in the real world……Property developers close their doors and Irish bank shares drop this very day… yet again.
 But for all of this they nevertheless feel reasonably secure. “Sure , didn’t we get into property at the right time and yes prices are down but isn’t property the best investment in the long run ?” I’m alright Jack. ……..

  A property owning democracy. We have never had it so good. And we hold what’s ours. They are up in Dublin for the day , but only for the day. ( best not to leave the property unattended )…..They no doubt pride themselves on not being racist but nevertheless are worried about itinerants wandering the land ( and no one to keep an eyes on the property). Degenerates and moral retards. If you ask them how their son or daughter is doing they will tell you about the great job or new house…….it’s all about money. It’s about money and nothing else. And this I suppose makes sense for if they didn’t have the money what would they have ? If they had more of it they would no doubt do a Bono . Oh dear Oh dear.