20 October 2009

The future of Britain: a battle between rationalism, anxiety, fear, and civil liberties

If you are in a city and in public, you are most likely on multiple CCTVs, plus at night when the pubs and clubs start to close they have the police vans with huge cameras onto that swivel like a turret would on a tank.

Britain is also changing its student visa requirements to include DNA samples and registering with the local police, who then take your photography and put in there current students database. In addition to all this UK banks are no longer allowed to let non-residence open accounts, thus all my accounts are now grandfathered into the system, because of the 4.5% interest, I am thinking I might not close my account when all my studies are finished.

Britain though has a tougher educational system than the US in general, though it is declining due to the concept of parents not taking responsibility for their children's education. Seeing as how only a limited amount of time is in the classroom, parents need to take responsibility. In 2007, 50% of all births in the UK were to single mothers - is that a scary stat or what?

The UK is actually losing its native population, as the indigenous Brits are dying faster than replacement by indigenous Brits. The same is true in France. The reason Great Britain and France are still growing in population is from immigration (mostly from former territories - which include a lot of Muslim countries and from former Eastern Bloc Countries) and from births to non-indigenous residences / citizens / transients.

Only 7% of British people attend church on a weekly or semi-weekly or holiday basis. Much of the people's desire for a moral compass and meaningful existence is place in government. Modern Demagogues, similar to those seen in ancient Rome are starting to emerge, though the only obvious one currently seems to be Obama. Though one could argue that Gore, Clinton, the UN Sec. Gen., and random other politician could be lumped into that category too. Obama is very much seen as a messiah figure in Britain and even more so on mainland Europe. Though he appears to be seen as the World's President and not the American President - another scary thought. I am just arguing that religion is a better place to rest hope than in socialism, though the current trend of the world is moving towards socialism, so this could be a moot point in given time.