Oh my, Tony Blair. He wrote in 1991 -
'The more the word 'citizen' is used, the less satisfying it becomes - unless... it implies obligations as well as rights... citizenship must be distinguished from individualism by an insistence that a citizen is part of a wider community'
It makes total sense. The drive for (Global) Citizenship is explained right there. It further loops in rights and responsibilities (obligations).
This is actually a really, really good article. It explains so much. The emphasis on public-private is indeed centric to a third motivating factor.
Tony Blair, you really are a stonking, fat Marxist.
You can find Tony Blair's article from 1991 over here. It's titled "Forging a New Agenda", and it was published by - I kid you not -
MARXISM TODAY - OCTOBER 1991
https://web.archive.org/web/20190227231 ... oct/34-38/
see, by wrestling the point of contention to not be about individual rights vs community, 'citizen' should be somewhere in between - and this then calls for a discussion about 'rights'.
Next, we must reframe economics in terms of 'public interest', where who renders said services matters less - public or private, provided they work 'in the public interest'.
Thus, Third Way partnerships.
However, in order to participate, companies need to accept 'social responsibility'.
... which then later on leads to Good Corporate Governance, Good Governance, then ethics.
However, when it comes to the principles of 'Good Governance'... we have representative, accountable, transparent, and information open.
Early days, but in same ballpark as World Bank 1992 (public sector management, accountability, legal framework, information/transparency)
Either way, with this new proposed 'economics' also comes new powers.
And companies and consumers (private+public) should 'accept some restriction in freedom'.
... and this then leads to a 'new framework of the public interest', yes, it should be patently obvious where this is going...
... it becomes a question of debating the objectives and the manner of securing them.
It becomes a matter of purpose, in short. Whose purpose?
Why, that of the public, of course.
The common good.
... this then leads to the debate about the 'right' to a decent living standard for the citizenship to fulfill.
Rights vs obligations, which is ok because...
... the public fundamentally believes in social justice - and the removal of poverty.
And should it not be obvious where this all goes, this new 'settlement' should also recognise that it's internationalist at heart.
Marxism generally is.
Yes, quite simply - the state must be transformed, becoming on in which society 'embodies the public interests', which as above essentially boils down to the common good.
And that calls for rights and obligations.
Either way, this new approach should fundamentally revolve around a change in terminology, as we saw above. Both State and Market should be subject to the 'public interest'.
And you of course cannot expect Tony to come straight out and admit it - so 'common good' instead is referred to as 'the public good'.
It's right there, below the appeal to collectivism.
And just to nail home exactly where Tony's ideology actually lies, this phrasing is really rather indicative.
And to ensure this isn't someone else, the article is signed by the 1991 shadow employment spokesperson.
... and he, incidentally, also recommended the UK to join the single currency back in 1991.
I've seen Gordon Brown receive criticism for that, but I haven't heard Tony Blair being targeted with similar.
Good to find them both aligned... with the Fabians, no doubt.
And the article, again, can be located over here.
Courtesy of Marxism Today.
Because it is entirely common and reasonable to find allegedly centrist politicians writing articles for Marxist periodicals.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190227231 ... oct/34-38/
... and needless to say, all of this aligns with what I've been hammering home repeatedly as of late.
This is about creating a mechanism of Global Governance through Global Ethics.
And this centres around the Marxist approach to Social Justice.
And you can call it fascism or whatever, but in terms of ideology, we are so closely aligned with pure, Marxist ideology here that from an ideological perspective, I beg to differ.
But I can't be bothered debating it, because it does not matter in the slightest.
The bottom line is this -
Once your rights are gone, they can - and will - do to you as they see fit. Consequently, if our future glorious leader Starmer decides to be a Marxist on Thursdays and a Fascist on Fridays, then who will stop him?
It'll make for a fascinating debate while you await your fate in the gulag.
For the time being, whether you believe it's Marxism or not - let's just make sure we focus on the common enemy here.
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So back up for a second.
The public-private should work for the 'public good'.
The (public) individual should be rephrased as 'citizen', and this term should be moved towards 'community'.
The private should have 'social responsibility'.
Social responsibility is easy. That's CSR, later ESG.
Citizen should be moved towards the rights versus obligations discussion.
duties/rights ==> you have a duty to uphold the right of others. ethics and justice.
and CSR is also ethic-centric. so are governance principles.
and within the corporate, employees must have the same (ethics-based) 'good governance' rights just as well.
everything leads back to ethics. ethics leading to justice.
social justice. such as the removal of poverty. which calls for a 'right to a decent living standard', which then leads to those 'obligations' once again.
it's just so deceptive. Tony Blair is a filthy, lying Marxist.
oh, and to address the 'public good' - that'd be a call for 'maximum societal well-being', im sure.
... and that, of course, leads back to justice.
they're marxists. have to be.
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