Making Sense of Irish Society

As I outlined in my initial post, the purpose of this blog is essentially to observe what I see as the inherent madness of Irish society and to discuss possible avenues where the disenfranchised may pursue radical social change.
From the outset, I think it is important to state that Irish society is not that much different from any capitalist society or so called liberal democracy. A powerful elite are at the helm and maintain their power by dictating the norms and values in society. The Mickey Mouse political system that we laughably call a democracy in this country, serves as a perfect tool for the subtle oppression of the Irish people. First of all they make sure that people technically have a right to choose what selection of self serving, egotistical fools are going to help destroy our country for the next few years. Then, they make their lack of concern for people so ridiculously transparent that most people will not vote and when those most disenfranchised by your political incompetence, do not vote, they simply use that as justification for inaction.

Then they go on the offensive. When challenged as to the nature of the society they are administering, they get personal. All of a sudden, the people espousing change are 'dangerous radicals' 'soft on terrorism' ' a threat to democracy' and whatever other half arsed cliche they can come up with. Then, through their truly pathetic media lapdogs, they can impart these slurs on the consciousness of the apathetic, so that rather than grabbing Irish society by the balls, like they should be doing, they turn even more hostile to those seeking chnge than to those implementing inequality in the first place. The subsequent disengagement from society allows the political domination of the status quo to continue.

In truth, it is very hard to blame people for this attitude. Most people are inherently decent and are trying to do the best they can for themselves and their families. A survival instinct kicks in and social change is not part of this equation. However, I am in no doubt that the majority of people would embrace radical social change, if those advocating same would come together to put forth a coherent alternative. The unfortunate reality is that the Irish left are in a pathetic state and show no signs of copping on and putting such an alternative in place. They are too obsessed with their childish belief in 'being right'. Quite frankly this is no good to the working class people of Ireland. The problem facing us is that if a viable alternative for social change is not put in place soon, we may miss our chance entirely.