Although I've leaned left for most of my life, the past two years have convinced me that the Left and the Right are, as Upton Sinclair so memorably put it, "two wings of the same bird of prey". I now identify as a libertarian/voluntaryist. I want the state the hell out of my life, in every way, shape and form. The only way that I can see the human species surviving (not the Human 2.0 transhumanist horror movie the WEF bumboys masturbate over) is if we abandon all notions of centralised control and decentralise everything - food production, education, creation of trading currencies, technology, communication systems, the works. Human ingenuity functions at its best when unconstrained by any form of centralised control, including socialism, which disincentivises both diligence and creativity.
From where I’m sitting, I have a feeling that the alp will win the next election. So I’m not sure when you say “the left is marching into oblivion” how true that is. In the past I have voted green , alp and lnp, this time those three will be last. I just don’t know how many people are fed up but I suspect that many are happy with the nanny state.
I was thinking more of the harder left rather than the centrist Left, who will be around for quite a while and look like winning the next federal election (and the state election in my neck of the woods – South Australia). As Mark Twain wickedly put it, “politicians are like nappies, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason”. This becomes easier when the distinguishing characteristics between the two mainstream parties become ever narrower.
It’s the non-ALP Left which has really surprised me during Covid – everything (state authoritarianism, the suspension of democracy and civil liberties and science, etc.) was tailor-made for the serious Left to get its teeth stuck into but, like so much of civil society, it completely dropped the ball.
Like you, I have voted all over the shop, especially in recent years and my hardest choice will be which of the biggest Covid failures (Lib, Lab, Green) to put last.
Yep, in that order though I’d rather not give any a single preference. I will be watching the outcome of the court case with interest, but not hoping for much. Sadly
Although I've leaned left for most of my life, the past two years have convinced me that the Left and the Right are, as Upton Sinclair so memorably put it, "two wings of the same bird of prey". I now identify as a libertarian/voluntaryist. I want the state the hell out of my life, in every way, shape and form. The only way that I can see the human species surviving (not the Human 2.0 transhumanist horror movie the WEF bumboys masturbate over) is if we abandon all notions of centralised control and decentralise everything - food production, education, creation of trading currencies, technology, communication systems, the works. Human ingenuity functions at its best when unconstrained by any form of centralised control, including socialism, which disincentivises both diligence and creativity.
From where I’m sitting, I have a feeling that the alp will win the next election. So I’m not sure when you say “the left is marching into oblivion” how true that is. In the past I have voted green , alp and lnp, this time those three will be last. I just don’t know how many people are fed up but I suspect that many are happy with the nanny state.
Hi, Christian.
I was thinking more of the harder left rather than the centrist Left, who will be around for quite a while and look like winning the next federal election (and the state election in my neck of the woods – South Australia). As Mark Twain wickedly put it, “politicians are like nappies, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason”. This becomes easier when the distinguishing characteristics between the two mainstream parties become ever narrower.
It’s the non-ALP Left which has really surprised me during Covid – everything (state authoritarianism, the suspension of democracy and civil liberties and science, etc.) was tailor-made for the serious Left to get its teeth stuck into but, like so much of civil society, it completely dropped the ball.
Like you, I have voted all over the shop, especially in recent years and my hardest choice will be which of the biggest Covid failures (Lib, Lab, Green) to put last.
Cheers.
Yep, in that order though I’d rather not give any a single preference. I will be watching the outcome of the court case with interest, but not hoping for much. Sadly