log man said...
"Logman, you are labouring under an illusion. The system is there to keep things the way they are. Identifying with any faction shows how sheltered you are". No Japie the labouring and illusion are all yours. For example in the 70's and 80's in Tassie we were all involved in the campaign to stop the Franklin dam. Left and Green members of the community lobbied hard ,protested hard, and changed the government policy. Labor party policy changed for good by the actions of ordinary people. So I guess your response at the time would've been "I'm not becoming a member of a group or party, nothing ever gets done that way, I'm just going to opt out. Well guess what, if you don't stand up then someone else will make a decision for you which is fine if you prefer to just want to be cynical and moan about things. Cynicism is real easy.
Mate, I wish you would insert the odd paragraph. At 56 with glasses your posts are a sea of letters.
Your claims to success fall on deaf ears. Just take a trip up the Hunter, down or up from mouth to source and you will see how much damage is being done that even the elite have no impact on.
On another tack, have a look at the way in which Pauline Hanson was treated and is treated until this day. The woman, for all her faults, had huge grass roots support and she ended up in gaol. Great system!
Sorry mate, the political system stinks to high heaven and imo by partaking in it you are actually counterproductive.
Substantially so
