Another 3 months...

I'm really not very consistent with my blogging, I'm quite a busy man these days, trying to establish my career.

I definitely picked the right career though, engineering. It might be something to do with not having to deal with crowds of people, the application of science, professionalism, satisfaction, etc... but to me, engineering is the most important area of expertise to any society. Everything around you (apart from nature) was designed/manufactured/assembled by some sort of engineer. Everything that makes our lives easier as a species.

Don't make this out to be some sort of snobbery. Everyone has their place in society, as a recent post by leg iron will show; but I love engineering. Knowing how things work, how they're made and how to make them is bloody amazing.

Neither recent Conservative nor Labour governments have proved beneficial for engineering or manufacturing in this country. Yet millions of people will still vote for these parties according to the polls. I was quite frightened by the most recent edition of Question Time where the Green Party leader was cheered by the audience for stating her party was based on socialist principles in a response aimed at David Starkey. It really makes me wonder whether these people realise that the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany were also based on socialist principles (oh yeah, the BNP too...).

In my experience though, I do feel that people are sick and tired of government über-control, meddling and surrendering of our powers to foreign ones.

When I discuss Libertarianism with some people however, I hear arguments that we need government otherwise there'd be anarchy. What a load of crap. Anarchy implies complete disorder. But a Libertarian society would allow local policing and justice, and one of my favourites: personal defence.

Libertarianism won't cause anarchy, or selfish individualism (quite the opposite).

Personal responsibility.

I love that term.

Don't you?