Evening all,
Yup, I sure wish things were more like they were when I was growing up too. But I have to keep the faith. I have two daughters at uni age. I have to believe this world will be good one for them - and if it's not, well, isn't it our fault?
I do have concerns about the state of local manufacturing and agriculture but here's what concerns me most:
We are making our political and policy decisions based on the 24 hour news cycle. Decisions made in haste and carried out at blinding speed. Proper decisions made for the proper reasons with proper thought and discussions from both sides of politics in the interests of the country and not just the next Twitter feed. The ABC show "the hollow men" would have been funny if it wasn't so damned true!
I'm also deeply concerned about the global frenzy around nationalism and basically, in a word, that's what your alluding to BB. This global movement has more power to destabilise the globe than anything else that's going on at the moment. The situation leadership wise in the U.S. is......scary.
The point is, we need to be very careful. Let's not throw the metaphorical baby out with the bath water as they've done in the U.S. We need to remain calm and focused. Knee-jerk behaviour at the ballot box could do untold damage.
Phillip Adams interviewed a bloke on LNL who suggested that in the absence of fact or experience we form views which are defensive/ protective in nature and that the starting point in developing 'rounder' views is curiosity.
I reckon that's gold
Cheers,
