Tuesday, 7 May 2019

This is the Situation.


Those more circumspect may dislike what they are about to read. However, I don’t think it inaccurate to conclude that our planet is dying, capitalism is killing it and we have little time to do something to avoid that.

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Monday, 6 May 2019

Can You Trust These People?


Can you trust fanatical free-marketeer ideologues from the Institute of Public Affairs Liberal politicians?

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What would account for that miraculous change of heart?

Friday, 3 May 2019

Bits and Pieces: Aussie Elections.


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A perennial whinge of liberal/Leftish middle-class intellectuals, at least in rich English-speaking countries, is the torpitude and turpitude of their local “(white) working class”. Because of its innate intellectual and moral weakness, the “(white) working class” must of necessity subordinate itself to a higher authority. Luckily, that authority is precisely the one those esteemed intellectuals are selflessly willing to provide.

Wednesday, 1 May 2019

How Much is your Child’s Life Worth to You?


A few days ago Christian Stöcker (Der Spiegel Online, April 26) proposed his readers a thought experiment. Before casting their votes in the next elections, Australian readers would do well to think about it:
Imagine this: You and your partner have a child of primary-school age with a rare hereditary disease. By the time they’re 18, they will begin to experience increasingly severe pain and other unpleasant side effects. Their life expectancy will be severely reduced.