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We voted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as B3ta's Person of the Year. Who do you have as 2010's scoundrel and why?

(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 12:34)
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So that you can they are then beholden to you, thus increasing your power base.
It's very simple.

If someone's stupid enough to fall for it, then more fool them.
(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 15:36, 3 replies)
Oh well, that's OK then.
Those awful uneducated plebs deserve a future of third-world poverty.
(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 15:39, closed)
If you're borrowing money you clearly can't afford to pay back
then yes, it's quite likely you'll end up in poverty. Any chance you can explain why you think this might be a bad thing?
(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 15:46, closed)
I think all lesser mortals deserve a lifetime of poverty, not just the irresponsible borrowers.

(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 15:47, closed)
It's more about common sense.
If you earn £1 a week but put yourself in a position that you owe £1.01 a week, then you're an idiot. It's nothing to do with my fancy advertising - you made the choice.

Next up - it's not my fault I got lung cancer, it's the tobacco company's.
(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 16:14, closed)
^^ Very much this... (Most of) The whole world is stupid enough to fall for it
You want fewer riots? Uprisings? Fewer questioning authority? Put people in debt.

They can't walk out on a boss they don't like, they might lose their overpriced house. They can't go protesting, they can't take time off work. They can't even write sternly worded letters to their MP, that takes time and they're too tired.

They can't resist big business taking what they want from the land, because it is going to make everyone rich enough to pay their debts, isn't it? Bye bye local natural resources...

Encourage everything to get just expensive enough that people have to borrow just to live.

Debt is what gives money its value, and is what keeps the world enslaved. The more of the world I understand, the more I see this to be true.

Want to be free? Don't play their game - don't owe anyone money.

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Luckily, just recently we've seen that this ploy doesn't work forever - keep people on the breadline just long enough, then take away their bread, and they WILL rise up. I find this very encouraging about the country.
(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 15:50, closed)
A few students complaining about having to pay back tuition fees
is hardly the storming of the Winter Palace.
Just saying, like.
(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 16:21, closed)
Oh, there's others you don't hear about
Plus the strikes we've got coming.

I'm hoping this is the wind of change, though I'm ready for it to be a waft of stale fart.
(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 16:24, closed)
well said

(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 17:07, closed)
so, the real villains are
1. Bankers
2. Stupid people
3. Chavs
3a. Mick Hucknall (for good measure)
(, Thu 23 Dec 2010, 18:09, closed)

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