Social Housing

I found this long read article on social housing very sobering. I have always been against social housing as a practice, having seen the massive council estates around London and drawing the conclusion that housing people in that way probably isn't such a great way of creating a cohesive friendly prosperous community. And I still think that. BUT the UK is so deep down in their social housing policy that I don't really think there is any way out of it ever.

Reading the article the cause of the problem is so blatantly obvious I really cannot draw any other conclusion than that the politicians of this country really just don't give a fuck about creating a cohesive friendly prosperous community. Like they can't even try to pretend that's what they want when this is what they have created.

I after reading this walk past the TV and it's PM question time, where they are discussing introducing a mansion tax (people who own a property worth more than £2m are to pay £250 a month to fund the NHS) to raise money for the NHS. And it's like what kind of drugs are you taking? You have created this system and you're utterly incapable or utterly reluctant to see and understand cause and effect.

Doesn't matter what public service you look at, it's like they're all on crack. Millions and millions and millions of pounds spent on management consultants and new measures and cost cutting making the entire system inefficient and expensive. Social housing is now so expensive because we've let private landlords in that the councils can't even afford it, solution - REGULATE. Regulate rents, regulate landlords, you have the power and authority to pass legislation to change things!

But no, let's have some kind of farcical question and answers about some bullshit new inefficient measure completely void of any reality check.

We're all fucked.

Just don't say anything

As a man to say anything “funny” about periods or menstruation is disrespectful on a whole different kind of level. Shut your mouth, shut it up completely. Don’t you dare say anything negative, disrespecting or degrading or “funny” at all about periods. 

You have no idea what it’s like. This is a bodily function which is not only crippling for women physically and emotionally, it’s also completely shameful to go through or to talk about. So we’re faced going through is involuntary experience every three weeks, suffering in silence and in shame as we bleed and cramp. Having your period in country and where your income can cover tampons and pads is horrific enough, bleeding through your clothes, your bed, having to take off all your clothes to change a tampon and bleeding all over the office toilet because it a fucking blood bath sometimes is just degrading enough as it is. Imagine having to go through it and not have access to tampons and pads, and so you can’t even hide the fact that you’re on your period, yet it’s still all over the world considered to be something disgusting, shameful that we need to hide, save the world from knowing that we are going through.

So when you say “are you on your period again” or something otherwise degrading about menstruating have a fucking think about what it would be like if you were bleeding out of your ass for a week every month, with stomach cramps and social stigma to go with it and hormones making you pissed off at everything and having some dumb fuck go “you on your period again?" 

How fucking stupid are you? My contempt for men knows no bounds sometimes. 

AAAAARRRGHHHHHH!!!

Being a woman fucking sucks. Every single fucking aspect of being female is so unbelievable shitty compared to being a guy. We really got the worst fucking part of that bargain when they dished out functionality. Let's take a closer look shall we:

Female Bodies generally - weaker, slower.

Reproductive organs - we're crippled by out overly sensitive shitty female reproductive organs which totally fuck us up both physically and emotionally. Damn never ending periods crippling us with pain and discomfort, not to mention the fact that there's a fucking blood bath all the god damn time. When was the last time you bleed all over your clothes, sofa, bed? And not like a cute little nose bleed, oh no some fucking shameful stupid vagina bleeding. And then the BV, the thrush, the urine infections, the painful sex... endless issues with the damn thing
Boy reproductive organs? Only thing of concern - size.

Hormones - all over the god damn place all the god damn time, unbelievable frustrating
Boy hormones? Aggression - seen as a positive in all aspects of society, got you where you are today!

Clothes - uncomfortable tight motherfucking body revealing bullshit. And if I don't dress that way I'm judged as something else (dyke, tomboy, not feminine) . I have to dress that way in order for people to see beyond my clothes and see me.
Boy clothes? Comfortable and practical with enough pocket space to carry all your necessities

Hair - long bullshit fucking hair that needs to be washed and conditioned and styled, cut, colored.
Boy haircuts? Short minimal effort required. Wake up walk out.

Face - the endless cycle of make up, cleansing, toning, scrubbing, peeling, plucking....
Boy face routine? Wake up and walk out, optional shave

Grooming - from head to toe there is not a part of my body that I am not meant to groom in someway, Hair, face, hair under my arms, on my arms, stupid shitty vagina, legs, all over my stupid body I need to remove the stupid har, nails on my hands and on my toes the list goes on and on and on..
Boy grooming? Wake up and walk out, optional face shave.

As a man you will NEVER be judged by the way you look. It's so fucking easy for guys to go "just don't put make up on then if it's so expensive and time consuming, don't bother with all that crap", oh really, if I was to cut my hair in a no-styling needed cut, wear loose fitted comfortable clothes, stop shaving my arm pits and my legs, stop wearing make up I would be treated the same way as I am now? Exactly, so shut the fuck up. When was the last time you didn't get a job because they way you look? I am judged for my exterior and my exterior only as soon as I step outside the fucking house.

AND ON TOP OF THIS SHIT we have to deal with you motherfucking assholes. You degrade us, you molest us, you assault us, you discriminate against us. FUCK YOU. You should worship the fucking ground we walk on, we already have the shittier end of the deal physically and mentally. And you still have the audacity to treat us this way? How fucking dare you.

I want a sex change. Fuck this female bullshit. If I had been born a man I would be richer, healthier happier. Fact.

Democracy?

So the Tories in response to UKIP's success and losing people and votes to UKIP are responding by adopting UKIP policy. How the fuck does that work? If anything this is an apparent display of how democracy in this country is fucked and means nothing. What happens when people who used to vote Tory start voting Labour because they are finding this new UKIP line disgusting? Then what you gonna do? Change your policies again? What the fuck do you actually stand for?

You’re meant to have parties representing different views and ways of governing the country, they promote these views and the people decide which one they like the best. The parties are driven by a conviction that their way is the best way possible to run the country and that is they motivation behind the policy. Modern democracy however does not work in this way, modern democracy is driven by personal achievement and power. Moderns, developed countries with a free and independent media (questionable if that actually exists anymore but anyways), freedom of speech, a vibrant civil society and a functioning judiciary do not need voting and democratically elected government. That society needs a governing body with long term goals and real dedication of running and furthering infrastructure, societal services (education, healthcare etc) and society as a hole. People who are "governing" with a short term personal objective are not going to be able to do that. 

These countries should be run like companies, with a board of directors (da people) and executives running and executing shit. With checks and balances which don't result in a change in the senior management every 4 years where they spend the majority of the time worrying and scheming and plotting in order to hold on to their seats rather than actually doing some work. 

Imaging if you were running a company the way you run the country, you'd think it insane. The CEO and senior management can be voted out by staff, so instead of focusing on doing what's best for the company they are focusing on pleasing staff so that they will vote for them. How does that work? Yes you may think that the staff would vote for the people who are doing a wonderful job increasing profits and efficiency but that's probably not in the interest of the individual staff member. They will vote for the person who is giving them the most time off and the most money, which may not be in the interest of the company as a whole but what the fuck do they care. 

Is this really how we should be operating a country? 

Sverigedemokraterna i ett nötskal

I don’t usually write in Swedish but this is a post about Sweden and so it will be written in its language.

Jag läste detta reportage idag och det var ett väldigt insiktsgivande stycke om människor som röstat pa SD.

Emelie och Sebastian bor på en ort med 800 invånare.

Emelie gick barn och fritid och Sebastian slutade skolan efter nian.

Emelie vikarier som personlig assistent och på en pizzeria och Sebastian praktiserar som vaktmästare och får aktivitetstöd.

“Jag är absolut inte rasist. Jag jobbar på en pizzeria med utländska personer. Men jag tycker att det borde vara mer full fokus på oss. Arbetskamraterna på pizzerian har berättat om sin bakgrund. Hon inser att många haft det svårt. Jag tycker synd om dem, jag tycker att det är förfärligt. Samtidigt tycker jag: vi kan ju inte ens hjälpa alla här i Sverige. Jag är väldigt kluven där.”

Emelie kanner sig inte trygg sen asylboendet oppnades; det satt män utanfor affären en kväll och dom skrattade och busvisslade – ”jag kände mig jatteobekväm”

Sebastian sager att “Jag tror folk stör sig mest på att det är så lätt för dem att komma hit och få allt de vill ha. Eller inte allt de vill ha, men de får fina barnvagnar, hjälp till körkort, boende och mat. Framför allt ungdomar som har haft det lite jobbigt stör sig på sånt”

Ironin i att två människor som ej tagit tillvara pa den utbildning som givits dem gratis OCH som båda arbetar inom omsorg tycker att felet och anledning till att dom är arbetslosa och outbildade ligger i att det i ett vinstdrivande syfte oppnades ett asylboende på orten är ju helt otrolig.  

Emelie och Sebastian klagar på att det finns dåligt med jobb, och det är dålig kvalite på skolan och äldreomsorgen, deras lösning för att få bättre kvalitet på skola och omsorg och skapa fler jobb på landsbygden är att sluta ta emot flyktingar.

Eftersom varken Emelie eller Sebastian vet någonting om ekonomiska principer, eller hur ett lands ekonomi går runt så forstår jag hur dom kanske kan dra den slutsatsen. Att det blir bättre kvalitet på det samhallet erbjuder dess invånare och det blir fler jobb desto mindre människor det finns i samhället.

Sverigedemokraterna är partiet för mindre vetande bortskämda människor. Måste ha detta i åtanke, man får börja med att förklara hur saker och ting fungerar, fakta. Det är ingen poäng att argumentera, dom förstår inte ens vad vi andra pratar om.

Next Level Ultra Stupid

Like seriously. Reading this article on The Guardian about ultra stupid men who delay flights because they can't sit next to women. Apparently someone interpreted a book in way which made these men believe that sitting next to women on a commercial airline means you're a bad person or something. As a result they once they get on board start asking women to move the fuck out of the way.

There's stupidity and then there's stupidity that just infuriating.

IF YOU CAN'T BE AROUND WOMEN STAY THE FUCK AT HOME or buy two seats, or reserve your seats in advance with a pal?

Holy mo if anyone dared come at me with that bullshit. You be wishing you were in hell already.

Swedish Racists

What gets me about Swedish racist is the fact that they have absolutely no reason to be that way, it’s nothing but an ignorant choice.

Obviously being racist is a choice whoever you are and wherever you live but you still have to put that racism into context, place it within that particular culture and society. Indian’s who don’t want their daughters marrying someone of a lower caste (or Muslims, blacks or whites for that matter..) have had it ingrained in their culture and in their society that that is the way it should be and everyone thinks that way. American white racism against the black and Hispanic population should be viewed in the context of slavery and Latin American immigration. Israel and Palestine, Jews and Muslim etc. There’s a long standing historical context to the racism in these cases, it’s still fucking stupid and disgusting and ignorant but it has context that can to some extent explain it.

There is no historical context for racism in Sweden. There is no century long battles between religion, there’s been no forced combination of two countries or races or anything. The make-up of the Swedish population consists of people born there and refugees. That’s it. The foreigners in Sweden are there because they have fled wars. Sure there’s your odd EU immigrant as well but it’s mainly asylum seekers. Who we should take the utmost care to look after and treat with respect and love and kindness. Because we can.

There has been no hardship in Sweden for centuries, the normal 17th-18th century poverty and that but that’s it. Sweden has never suffered under a dictator or terror or oppression. EVER. Swedes have no idea what it’s like to live in a country where any bit of their life is infringed. There is all the societal freedoms you can think of, you will always have food to eat and water to drink, you will always have a roof over your head, you will always have access to education and health care.

So when you who have suffered no real hardship in life (comparable to those you think less worthy) you have NO right to be a dick to others. You should be grateful you have been so lucky in life and extend whatever you can to those who haven’t been so lucky, which in its most basic form comes to not thinking people of a different skin colour or country origin are less than you.

The immigrants and refugees in Sweden are not  a threat to you. They are not taking your jobs or your women. They are not costing society trillions. They are not even there because they necessarily want to. Which makes your racism against them so much worse because you have zero need to be that way. Nothing in your societal context calls for even the smallest hint of racism.  

But the absolute worst part of the ignorant racists in Sweden is the fact that they feel entitled to feel that way. They feel they can justify it, they waive it around like proud badge of honour. Which makes it so much more disgusting and heart breaking. Unfortunately it’s also a consequence of the non-troublesome society we have created – people lose their sense of empathy and hatred starts to grow when you cannot fill your life with meaning.