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London For Love

Written by Alex Rolandi

So there is hope for humanity yet. Apparently some of us can actually get along, no matter where we’re from or what colour our eyes are. Despite the violence of preceding weeks, an apparent release of pent-up aggression vented in the form of...

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Intergalactic Planetary Diplomats

Written by Alex Rolandi

In other news: business as usual.

Last night, as I slept, two flying saucers hummed motionless over the streets of east London. Being the London of my dreams it was completely unrecognizable to anyone who had not wandered this particular...

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The Wealthfare State Part 3 of 4: The Golden Cow

Written by Alotuvus

Okay, to misquote Olivia Newton John, let’s get Biblical. You shall not worship false idols, says one of the Ten Commandments, and what does Moses find when he finally clambers down from the mountain? He finds a bunch of infidels praising a...

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The Cocaine of the People

Written by Alotuvus

If religion is the opiate of the people, then wealth, the accumulation of wealth, is its cocaine, and we are all cocaine babies, born on the hook, addicted to cash, sure that nothing could ever be so good to us or offer such sparkling realities...

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The Wealthfare State Part 1 of 4: The Wealthfare State

Written by Alotuvus

Once upon a time there was a welfare state...

It was a magical place where basics such as health and education were free, both of charge and of the implication that they were necessarily rubbish because of that.

The welfare state sought to...

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