Reply to: Socialist or another opportunist?

[DodgyAgent]

Yes, and the private sector did an excellent job too didn't they? G4S , the difference being that they took a shed load more cash - 20+ mil of it in "Management fees" for mismanagement.

G4S is not a monopoly.

[DodgyAgent]

You have a lot to learn.. Wikipedia won't help with something as contentious as this either.

In response to the OP - Isn't another word for a rich socialist a philantropist ? Seriously though, I think he may do well.

Socialism has nothing to do with philanthropy. A social conscious is nothing to do with socialism although socialists like to think that wearing the badge makes them show that they do indeed have a social conscience.
A socialist is someone who has nothing and wants to share it with everyone else.. I am off again

[Scoobos]

Yes, and the private sector did an excellent job too didn't they? G4S , the difference being that they took a shed load more cash - 20+ mil of it in "Management fees" for mismanagement.

[DodgyAgent]

Grrrrr. "Public Service Trap" .....

epitomised by the border controls self serving monopoly

[Scoobos]

rest of the population who cannot afford to get out of the public service trap.

Grrrrr. "Public Service Trap" .....

[Scoobos]

Where exactly does high pay fit in with socialist ideology?

Socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have a lot to learn.. Wikipedia won't help with something as contentious as this either.

In response to the OP - Isn't another word for a rich socialist a philantropist ? Seriously though, I think he may do well.

[DodgyAgent]

Are you saying a socialist should deliberately take a low-paying job? Being a socialist doesn't make it a socialist world, living in one system while desiring another isn't a problem.

He can do what he likes as long as he does'nt go around preaching about using state schools and foisting shoddy public services on the rest of the population who cannot afford to get out of the public service trap.

[The_Equalizer]

Are you saying a socialist should deliberately take a low-paying job? Being a socialist doesn't make it a socialist world, living in one system while desiring another isn't a problem.

His featherbedded existence hardly puts him on the same wavelength as 'the workers'. It's a bit like programming after only having read books. Moreover, his old man is hardly a solid moral compass. One Blair was enough for me.

[NotAllThere]

Where exactly does high pay fit in with socialist ideology?

Socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When an esteemed member of a Surrey branch of the Labour Party died, it was felt that in accordance with socialist principles, the oldest car of the representatives should be used to attend the funeral.

That was Ken Follett's Rolls Royce.

[d000hg]

Where exactly does high pay fit in with socialist ideology?

Are you saying a socialist should deliberately take a low-paying job? Being a socialist doesn't make it a socialist world, living in one system while desiring another isn't a problem.

[BrilloPad]

Based on what evidence?

Based on the principal of being open minded and awaiting facts - something that is in short supply on cuk.

[sasguru]

He looks like a complete twat with that bum-fluff on his face. One of those faces that you would never tire of punching, just like his dad's.

[TimberWolf]

Where exactly does high pay fit in with socialist ideology?

Socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Champagne socialism?

[TimberWolf]

Degrees don't always relate to job. Certainly that was the case while only 13% of the population had degrees. My first boss, Mr Tulip, had a degree in botany. Yes - he was a crap manager as well.

Botany is a respectable science. I once had an entomologist as a manger. He was okay, but obviously wouldn't be doing anything too logically demanding.

[DodgyAgent]

I don't see a contradiction with having a high-paid job and being a socialist;

Where exactly does high pay fit in with socialist ideology?

Socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia