Very well written. I grew up in the 80’s as a debating, public speaker from the wrong side of the tracks. You nailed it here. I’ve not given up though, preparing as usual but I did recently join the LNP to try and swing things from the inside.
There is a core of like minded Gen Xers in my local branch. It’s going to be a slog to swing the boomers around but..... the red pills are everywhere if I can get them to open their eyes.
Good on you Scotty for getting out there and engaging with the political process. There are many quiet people out there who have educated themselves about the problems we face, but I suspect we won't see them step up until things get really bad. The people we'd want making decisions are too busy earning a living and caring for their families for the time being I think.
Australia has now decided on its fate and will be facing the future under a socialist Labor government. As one of the older generation I can no longer stomach the platitudes and soul bearing backgrounds of the newly elected.
In the past, the ability to learn, earn and manage went a considerable way towards becoming an individual, able to make their way in the world. Today none of that seems to count, particularly where the socialist left is concerned. Many of their members served their time in the enveloping flanks of the union movement and slowly became part of the union group that dictated to their party what they should or should not do. The union movement, far from being a non essential part of workers backgrounds, has morphed into a de facto government that now holds the key to the future prosperity of this country. Unfortunately, many of those would be leaders have never had the ability to make their own way in this world and have, by and large, been able to progress by being part of a large vociferous group that demanded attention from business leaders, in order to better themselves, rather than rolling up their sleeves and finding their own course in life!
Many of those people have ended up in the Labor movement and by dint of being able to stay put have finally been able to become part of the decision making group at the top of the chain, in other words the Labor government. It seems to be that the ability to stay with a movement, despite having no particular skill, is a strong reason to be able to succeed when positions are handed out to the long timers and the faithful. As the old saying goes, “There is a general’s baton, in the private’s knapsack!” Unfortunately, this old saying takes no account of the individual’s ability to handle all the factors in this world, of which governments are only too aware. Having been cosseted by the union movement throughout a large part of their lives these unionists in government have no memories of what it is like to be people who actually worked hard to maintain a standard of living based entirely on their ability to make their own way in this world. As a result only a very few labor administrators, including the current set of ministers have ever had to work in order to maintain a family. Several of them have the defence that they spent time getting a degree in whatever they thought was appropriate to further their union futures. They all seem trot out this little feature although it has never been tested in public. However, the majority have all been glued to the union shackles throughout their times under the Labor banner and no one dares to undo this for fear of being booted out of the party and alone.
Consequently they all play from the same song sheet as dictated by the union movement which basically controls the Labor government in this country. There are chinks in their armour however as they cannot survive without the help of the Greens party, which has helped them to win the current election. Our current system of preferential voting has enabled the Labor arm of the trades unions movement to throw out the previous Liberal National Party even though the amounts of votes Labor received was only around 33% compared to the LNP who actually received more than 40%! This was all due to preferential voting which allows votes for some of the other parties to be counted as if it was a Labor vote. No first past the post here and it is a grossly stupid idea that should be changed by future governments. If someone votes for a particular party then that vote should not be moved elsewhere but should die if there are not enough votes to support it. So much for democracy where we are at the mercy of splinter groups deciding to have their share. Unless we have a future leader who can galvanise this country into a substantial following and carry the population with him, then it seems that we will be forever doomed to struggle on in the same way for future generations. Australia had all the signs of being a standout country in the world embracing its own identity and producing an economy that was the envy of the world. Rich in natural resources and land for growing myriads of crops to feed not only our hungry population but that of the world as well. Unfortunately we embraced globalism and exported many of our fine industries overseas instead of relying on the benefits of a nationalist approach to be totally self sufficient and self sustaining. Well, we have the great Trades Union Movement to thank for that and instead of the unions working to the betterment of the country they have been flat out determining their own future instead of that of their country. They made many of our industries just too expensive to compete with overseas products and therefore increased the need for overseas suppliers to step in and replace locally produced products. In essence it is the union movement with their control of our now Government that has caused this situation and seen a move to reduce our sovereignty to simply that of just another country open to the beck and call of imperial demands.
I am of an age when I doubt that conditions will change in this country to let free enterprise prosper and normality return. We are told that The New World Order is about to begin. Unfortunately it is already here and has been so since the end of the last war in Europe, Only now is it becoming apparent in all it seeks to do.
Society has changed so much in the last thirty years both here and in Europe and with the rise of the World Economic Forum and all their interests in dominating world events everywhere it seems that there is little that the common man can do to stand up to these changes. Unless there is a cataclysmic eruption of people voting against these systemic changes we can start to say goodbye to the old world we knew and loved and just wait to see the changes engendered by the new enthusiastic followers of this new religion.
Very well written. I grew up in the 80’s as a debating, public speaker from the wrong side of the tracks. You nailed it here. I’ve not given up though, preparing as usual but I did recently join the LNP to try and swing things from the inside.
There is a core of like minded Gen Xers in my local branch. It’s going to be a slog to swing the boomers around but..... the red pills are everywhere if I can get them to open their eyes.
I enjoy the writing. Thank you
Good on you Scotty for getting out there and engaging with the political process. There are many quiet people out there who have educated themselves about the problems we face, but I suspect we won't see them step up until things get really bad. The people we'd want making decisions are too busy earning a living and caring for their families for the time being I think.
THE CHANGING FACE OF AUSTRALIA. MAY 2022
Australia has now decided on its fate and will be facing the future under a socialist Labor government. As one of the older generation I can no longer stomach the platitudes and soul bearing backgrounds of the newly elected.
In the past, the ability to learn, earn and manage went a considerable way towards becoming an individual, able to make their way in the world. Today none of that seems to count, particularly where the socialist left is concerned. Many of their members served their time in the enveloping flanks of the union movement and slowly became part of the union group that dictated to their party what they should or should not do. The union movement, far from being a non essential part of workers backgrounds, has morphed into a de facto government that now holds the key to the future prosperity of this country. Unfortunately, many of those would be leaders have never had the ability to make their own way in this world and have, by and large, been able to progress by being part of a large vociferous group that demanded attention from business leaders, in order to better themselves, rather than rolling up their sleeves and finding their own course in life!
Many of those people have ended up in the Labor movement and by dint of being able to stay put have finally been able to become part of the decision making group at the top of the chain, in other words the Labor government. It seems to be that the ability to stay with a movement, despite having no particular skill, is a strong reason to be able to succeed when positions are handed out to the long timers and the faithful. As the old saying goes, “There is a general’s baton, in the private’s knapsack!” Unfortunately, this old saying takes no account of the individual’s ability to handle all the factors in this world, of which governments are only too aware. Having been cosseted by the union movement throughout a large part of their lives these unionists in government have no memories of what it is like to be people who actually worked hard to maintain a standard of living based entirely on their ability to make their own way in this world. As a result only a very few labor administrators, including the current set of ministers have ever had to work in order to maintain a family. Several of them have the defence that they spent time getting a degree in whatever they thought was appropriate to further their union futures. They all seem trot out this little feature although it has never been tested in public. However, the majority have all been glued to the union shackles throughout their times under the Labor banner and no one dares to undo this for fear of being booted out of the party and alone.
Consequently they all play from the same song sheet as dictated by the union movement which basically controls the Labor government in this country. There are chinks in their armour however as they cannot survive without the help of the Greens party, which has helped them to win the current election. Our current system of preferential voting has enabled the Labor arm of the trades unions movement to throw out the previous Liberal National Party even though the amounts of votes Labor received was only around 33% compared to the LNP who actually received more than 40%! This was all due to preferential voting which allows votes for some of the other parties to be counted as if it was a Labor vote. No first past the post here and it is a grossly stupid idea that should be changed by future governments. If someone votes for a particular party then that vote should not be moved elsewhere but should die if there are not enough votes to support it. So much for democracy where we are at the mercy of splinter groups deciding to have their share. Unless we have a future leader who can galvanise this country into a substantial following and carry the population with him, then it seems that we will be forever doomed to struggle on in the same way for future generations. Australia had all the signs of being a standout country in the world embracing its own identity and producing an economy that was the envy of the world. Rich in natural resources and land for growing myriads of crops to feed not only our hungry population but that of the world as well. Unfortunately we embraced globalism and exported many of our fine industries overseas instead of relying on the benefits of a nationalist approach to be totally self sufficient and self sustaining. Well, we have the great Trades Union Movement to thank for that and instead of the unions working to the betterment of the country they have been flat out determining their own future instead of that of their country. They made many of our industries just too expensive to compete with overseas products and therefore increased the need for overseas suppliers to step in and replace locally produced products. In essence it is the union movement with their control of our now Government that has caused this situation and seen a move to reduce our sovereignty to simply that of just another country open to the beck and call of imperial demands.
I am of an age when I doubt that conditions will change in this country to let free enterprise prosper and normality return. We are told that The New World Order is about to begin. Unfortunately it is already here and has been so since the end of the last war in Europe, Only now is it becoming apparent in all it seeks to do.
Society has changed so much in the last thirty years both here and in Europe and with the rise of the World Economic Forum and all their interests in dominating world events everywhere it seems that there is little that the common man can do to stand up to these changes. Unless there is a cataclysmic eruption of people voting against these systemic changes we can start to say goodbye to the old world we knew and loved and just wait to see the changes engendered by the new enthusiastic followers of this new religion.
Mike Wilson May 2022.