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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Mar 2013

    If you’re a multimillionaire & an asshole I can at least understand why you voted Tory (personal gain). Why anyone else would baffles me.

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      2. @timd‏ @timdotd 16 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        .@aral People who don’t realise they’re only ever one unfortunate life event away from being the “scroungers” they themselves despise.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Mar 2013
        Replying to @timdotd

        @timd It is the worst kind of aspirational selfishness combined with a total lack of empathy. Makes me sick.

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      4. theCV‏ @culturevultures 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral @timd I'm not one so don't shoot me, but some (my husband) thinks the state intervenes too much and without necessary impact

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Mar 2013
        Replying to @culturevultures

        @culturevultures @timd Well I hope he’s proud of the impact this government is having. Bravo! Well done.

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      6. theCV‏ @culturevultures 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral @timd look I'm no fan and I still love my husband despite his shortsighted political views.

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      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Mar 2013
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        @culturevultures @timd Fair enough :)

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      2. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral as someone who spends life understanding & explaining, why not try to understand ppl you disagree with? Easier to cast them as idiots?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Mar 2013
        Replying to @Jimmytidey

        @Jimmytidey Not idiots. Selfish and lacking empathy maybe. Definitely not idiots.

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      4. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral Still just saying:"well, they're all morally dubious". Are most Tories 'bad' people? I'd guess not. Deeper explanations more helpful.

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      1. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral Mind you, we’ve pro-homeopathy health guy, 1890s education guy, and others just as bad. Hard to recall a UK govt so unsuited to govern

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      1. @timd‏ @timdotd 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral Assholes aspiring to be multimillionaires? Assholes aspiring to be bigger assholes? Beats me…

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      1. Baz Scott‏ @bazscott 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral a lot of the middle glass will just to distance themselves from labour-voting working glass roots. They also get a BMW (on a lease)

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      1. Nuno Job‏ @dscape 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral multimillionaires run the propaganda machine: The TV. And they are trying to control the internet too — & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rh6qqsmxNs …

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      1. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral What we could really do with is political balance and compromise, but instead we lurch from extreme to extreme & play blame prev govt.

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      1. @timd‏ @timdotd 16 Mar 2013
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        .@aral Someone once said “the measure of a society is how it looks after those unable to look after themselves”. We’re screwed, then.

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      1. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral I think what will surprise people is Tories are traditionally known for at least being good with money. This lot are a joke.

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      1. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral Plenty of people genuinely believe in that ideology. Politically, the UK is diverse, but usually run by the single-minded.

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      1. Mark Rendle‏ @markrendle 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral Thing is, you don't need to be a millionaire to be worse off under Labour. You just need to be a taxpayer.

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      1. 𝙾𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗  🇪🇺‏ @ojmason 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral I'm just astonished that Labour are going to support that bill.

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      1. Steve Bromley‏ @Steve_Bromley 16 Mar 2013
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        @aral It’s because everyone assumes they will be multimillionaires one day too.

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