Anti-capitalism campaigners have published a spoof edition of the Financial Times today

Laugh ! I nearly started …

If these people were running the country we’d be in an even worse state than we are now. They may not be Stalinists but the economic system they propose would be a disaster.

Just for once I’d like to see someone say that of course most bankers are perfectly decent people, and any problems come from a tiny minority.

Instead of “slagging off” all of them…

I’d like to see the term ‘anti-capitalist’ tossed into the dustbin of history, burnt and urinated on by dogs.

Socialism is POST-capitalist, it has fuck all to do with a knee-jerk rejection of the real world indestinguishable from nihilism or Islamic fundamentalism.

Sunny: ” On Wednesday there will be the anti-G20 marches. I’ll be at both, reporting and slagging off bankers.”

I love the term “anti-G20” because it defines the situation so clearly. Those who are “anti-G20” do not want the conference to happen; those of us who seek government action to reduce poverty, remove trading inequalities, improve human rights (a side issue for the G20), create industries that do not destroy the environment would, thus, not have our say.

If the conference does not happen, 20 governments will all go their own way and the result of the changes that we seek will be lesser. In an ideal world, we would simultaneously remove 19 governments (we’ll leave Obama alone because he has only had a few weeks in the job) and replace them with humanitarians et al. Given that protests, or even riots, on the streets of London will not deliver that change, argue for something positive. Walking down the street alongside the remnants of Class War and trying not to get too close to Trot/Maoist/Stalinist party banners does not promote the small “l” liberal cause.

Or to put it simply: if you expect governments to act collaboratively to solve problems, operate as politicians rather than street bullies.