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New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by mindslight »

spprashant wrote: post #504
manesioz wrote: post #490

Banksy is peak redditor. Masquerading as a free-thinking activist who happens to agree with every talking point of the established media and global bureaucratic regime.

Can you elaborate? I happen to know nothing about Banksy's political views beyond perhaps he is slightly leaning to the left, maybe anti-capitalist?

It's nonsense. Reactionaries want to continue hamming up the bureaucratic power structure as the worst thing ever, so people won't focus on the fact that the only solution they are bringing to the table is bog standard autocracy. In reality, bureaucracy has been decent at tempering the exercise of authoritarian power and we've taken that for granted, now at our peril.

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by tim333 »

gib444 wrote: post #352

People are waking up to the decades of gaslighting and lies about failed immigration. It can't be stopped now. Nobody cares if they are called a "racist" because the word has been overused and is meaningless. Much of the media relentlessly continues with its gaslighting of course because the establishment wants and needs immigration. But people know they barely hear English in many parts of England, see high streets…

Maybe but not sure how that relates to the statue?

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by haritha-j »

ericmay wrote: post #483
pjc50 wrote: post #385

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> nationalists and right-leaning groups haven't really been in charge of the UK. Did you miss the whole Brexit thing?

No, I didn't. But I wouldn't claim that a referendum that was voted on by the people of the country to be the same thing as right-leaning groups being in control of the government of the UK.

Depends on who influenced them / paid for those buses.

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by something765478 »

spprashant wrote: post #504
manesioz wrote: post #490

Banksy is peak redditor. Masquerading as a free-thinking activist who happens to agree with every talking point of the established media and global bureaucratic regime.

Can you elaborate? I happen to know nothing about Banksy's political views beyond perhaps he is slightly leaning to the left, maybe anti-capitalist?

> Authorities on Thursday placed safety barriers around the statue as growing crowds of onlookers gathered

The fact that the statue was allowed to stay up means that the authorities approved it. So, Banksy isn't really counterculture, he's government approved counterculture.

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by [deleted] »

EB-BarringtonII wrote: post #515
rjinman wrote: post #412

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Your first comment was subjective in general, and suspiciously pro-right anti-left - in my opinion. You could have left it at that. Instead you decided on an emotional outburst due to being downvoted by "idiots" - giving us all an absolute textbook example of "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt". Thanks!

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Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by hellojimbo »

gryfft wrote: post #509
manesioz wrote: post #490

Banksy is peak redditor. Masquerading as a free-thinking activist who happens to agree with every talking point of the established media and global bureaucratic regime.

> who happens to agree with every talking point of the established media and global bureaucratic regime Can you point me to where he expressed agreement with the global bureaucratic regime? Interested to educate myself.

Anti nationalism was the liberal motto for the entirety of my lifetime.

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by haritha-j »

gopperl wrote: post #447
kelnos wrote: post #383

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I think that kind of pride is pointless and unproductive. I think it is right to be grateful to your ancestors for their achievements in ultimately giving you the life that you have. But proud? Hubris lies down that path. Re: luck, yes, it is absolutely luck that you were born to the parents you were born to, located in the place you were born in. I think you have the sense of the luck direction flipped from what GP…

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And of course, your viewpoint, when zoomed out, can be weaponised as a justification for getting rid of orphanages. Those kids aren't unlucky, they should be ashamed of being parentless, as an extension of those parents that decided to give them up. How dare my tax money be used to feed them, that I and my ancestors worked hard for?
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