"Yes, but would you countenance the removal and execution of capitalist governments?"
Only in my dreams Ake, only in my dreams (nice to find something we agree on)
The 'fair' thing to happen now would be that those who caused the present mess through their greed and incompetence should be forced to shoulder the lion's share of the cost of putting things right from their not insubstantial fortunes.
Those politicians (Conservatives all, if not by name, by nature) who stood by and did nothing (except feather their own nests) while the plundering and incompetence was happening, should be thrown out of office, and those seen to have had their hands in the public purse, permenantly barred from ever holding office again (if not jailed for corruption).
We know that this is not going to happen, so the alternative is that the ordinary people who had no part in creating this mess should, through their own democratically elected organisations (T.Us etc) fight tooth-and-nail to prevent this Government (remembering that this includes the Lib-Dems, who have taken their 30 pieces of silver in order to attain office) from making us pay for the clean-up.
Those peoples' representatives who refuse to give a lead should be named and shamed and made answerable to their members - or replaced.
This probably isn't going to happen either.
So lets continue whining and do nothing - it seems to be what we Brits do best and most.
On the other hand......
Vive la France
Jim Carroll