tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post1810228239091563401..comments2024-01-03T17:02:06.646+00:00Comments on ASTROTABLETALK: BRITAIN IN THE MELTING POTBarry Goddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050835957098177925noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-18475852798851058092017-06-14T06:25:57.849+01:002017-06-14T06:25:57.849+01:00Pluto is 'right on ' conjunct my ' Cap...Pluto is 'right on ' conjunct my ' Capricorn sun' at the moment . I voted brexit and then the other day , corbyn . I've found that although there clearly are people ' in the box ' of categorisation , many differ . Not all brexit voters are tories and not all remainers labour . Maybe one of the lessons of all this is that something needs to be forged from the ' shades of grey ' , not the ' black and white '. May will undoubtedly go, the current of power is obviously repulsed by her frequency !!! A living example methinks of how ugly and doomed one can be one when power is held on to inappropriately . Crazy times , but this Pluto conjunction has been crazy for me so I'm getting kind of used to it lol TheDeepGoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508779340341756560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-74507997104068455982017-06-11T22:08:33.583+01:002017-06-11T22:08:33.583+01:00Partially in response to the first commenter:
Wh...Partially in response to the first commenter: <br /><br />Why do so many anti-brexiters describe Brexit-supporters in such pathological ways? Why do they feel qualified to tell us what we think, and what our motives are? If its not outright insults, its more subtle smears, such as that we are 'little Englanders' or that we are 'clannish'. The subtext being that we are stupid, or so out of date that we don't even deserve a place or a voice in today's world. Is the point to dehumanise us? <br /><br />Darrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-61778715064477175472017-06-11T19:28:46.280+01:002017-06-11T19:28:46.280+01:00May is the walking wounded, and I agree she will b...May is the walking wounded, and I agree she will be out by late summer. I was just over in the U.K. visiting family and I went to a Labour rally to see Corbyn. He was really on fire. Great speech. Lots of young people in the crowd, very galvanized. He seemed to gain momentum as the GE neared, whereas May made misstep after misstep. Strange times. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04400272928615511354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-89174989821519851082017-06-11T19:08:01.100+01:002017-06-11T19:08:01.100+01:00Well you can usually argue these things both ways....Well you can usually argue these things both ways. But I think another point in favour of the remainers being Cancer is that so many of them were just so emotional about it when it went against them, even so-called educated rational people were going apopleptic.Barry Goddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10050835957098177925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-43118087249598022342017-06-11T18:55:38.865+01:002017-06-11T18:55:38.865+01:00Oof, I think I commented on the wrong post! I disa...Oof, I think I commented on the wrong post! I disagree about your assessment of Cancer vs Capricorn in the British psyche and how they manifested via Brexit; Cancer, to me, is the nostalgic, inward-looking, hearth & home outlook that drove Brexit—people thinking they can go back to some kind of mythic Little England, people being clannish and wanting to put up walls against "not kin." Whereas Capricorn is the practical, pragmatic, economic-minded side, the driver of the Industrial Revolution and material negotiation. Clan matters less than utility and continued economic growth—money, prosperity, etc. The EU as an entity is very Capricorn: organized, bureaucratic, and a driver of wealth. <br /><br />I also tend to associate fascism, in its emotional expression (and Brexit was very emotional among the people, if not the ruling class) more with Cancer than Capricorn (though of course it's both...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com