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Numbers will dictate. SF will probably need either FF or FG.

However, FG need time as an opposition party. They've been in power too long, and need to break away from FF to grow again imo.

FG's whole raison d'etre going forward will be as the anti-SF party. Doing a deal with SF for the sake of a few years in power would be a suicidal trashing of their brand. And the thing is it would never happen anyway as SF will always choose FF over FG as a partner. So it's absolutely in FG's interest to categorically rule out a deal with SF ahead of every election and stick to their word afterward.

jesus, this absolute horseh1t! the bulk of irelands wealth is stored in 'assets', such as property and land, similar to other similar countries, so if you dont own assets, you re probably sh1t out of luck! the problem isnt with welfare classes, as they generally dont own many assets, if any at all, but theyre a very convenient scape goat though! our welfare is so generous, as soon as pup was introduced, it was almost immediately doubled! yes there are many countries far worse to live in, but theres actually no need to constrain such people, increasing pup has proven extremely beneficial to all in society, as it improved citizens lives considerably, and provided the economy with critically needed liquidity, i.e. money, which was spent into the economy, kept many businesses open, and employed more people! this is ultimately where our primary government parties keep failing, i.e. not all citizens own assets, less are able to gain access to purchasing these assets, and most are requiring even more of their income over time, to keep a roof over their heads, this approach to running our economy and society is now failing, possible collapsing!

we all need to urgently ditch this idea that books need to be balanced, they dont, period! by doing so, we become largely reliant on the private sector money supply, i.e. the credit supply, this has become too unstable and simply too dangerous, as it tends to lead to credit fueled asset bubbles, and subsequent busts, i.e. 08. our governments going forward need to embrace this thinking, our we re probably screwed, if sf do this, their finances should be far more stable than whats been before, but they have to embrace it first, then explain to the public how it works, theyre failing to do this at the moment

I think you have no sense of perspective. You need to travel more, I suggest. It was not inevitable that Ireland would today be one of the places in the world with the highest quality of life. You're happy to heap bile on FF and FG (and presumably the other parties of government since the foundation of the state) and you correctly point out the shortcomings we see today. But you don't want to acknowledge all the things that they got right?

I've no idea what you are trying to say. Something something Ireland is worse than Somalia.

Who is talking absolute horsesh!t? You have the privilege to live in one of the happiest, healthiest and richest countries in the world. Unfortunately, we are also plagued by ignorant people with no appreciation or understanding of how lucky they are.

Is this an argument for the position that things cannot get better? No. Is it an argument that we should not try to make things better? No. Is it an argument for some sort of perspective on exactly how well we are and have been governed? Yes, it is.

...and you d wonder why many have had enough of our major parties! ive been to the developing world, yes we are indeed privileged, but its perspective time now! we have an ever growing amount of well educated, middle class people, actually unable to meet their most critical of needs, most obvious in their property needs, modern, primarily western politics and economics, has failed, its time for us to become big grown ups, and accept these failures

its interesting you used the term feudalism, as some respected commentators actually use this term to describe whats currently occurring, its clearly obvious wealth is accumulating, and fast, due to these ideologies, and if you think those who are on the receiving end of this are happy about this, watch out, cause theyre on the way! we re clearly entering an era of significant destabilisation, in particular politically, so be ready for it.

...and to answer your question, i believe we urgently need to create a new form of capitalism, and fast, or we could just decide to go full retard.... only our primary government parties are continually defaulting to their preferred form of capatalism, and its clearly obvious, it wont work, its just going to keep failing!