tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post1626682979187367350..comments2024-03-28T18:41:31.221+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Bloomin' HeckDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-76787133166691241472012-12-07T20:24:26.487+00:002012-12-07T20:24:26.487+00:00Simply not true at all.Simply not true at all.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-6751341372322695342012-12-07T20:19:49.760+00:002012-12-07T20:19:49.760+00:00Throughout much of the Victorian era and the early...Throughout much of the Victorian era and the early part of the 20th century.<br /><br />If it wasn't for the Boer War we wouldn't have had mass welfarism, and if it wasn't for World War 2 we wouldn't have mass female labour and state-controlled (and therefore politicised) healthcare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-73483503611721926862012-12-07T16:24:40.732+00:002012-12-07T16:24:40.732+00:00When, exactly?When, exactly?David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-1653103567091431222012-12-07T15:15:23.510+00:002012-12-07T15:15:23.510+00:00Oh he's right about public spending.
The sor...Oh he's right about public spending. <br /><br />The sort of free society he is talking about is impossible with high taxes.<br /><br />Hitchens is talking about an ideal world where the state doesnt bury its hand in our pocket and seize large sums of our own earnings from us by force to bribe us with at Election times.<br /><br />Obviously, as a socialist, you can't conceive of such a place. But, funnily enough, it once existed here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com