> Why is it that more commentators/analysist/citizens seem to
> denigrate economic rationalism, the free market and minuscule
> government than support them, yet we get more and more of them? Are
> the democratic processes broken?
<cynic>
Did they ever work?
</cynic>
I'm becoming more and more alarmed and concerned by
continuing examples of self-regulation (the ultimate
democratic right? or total fascism?) going WAY
off the rails due to self-interests. Some examples:
(*) Sydney sewer inlets and outlets
(*) television ads, including their time duration
(*) the cost of green slips in NSW
(*) income tax self-assessment
The list goes on and on and on and on and ... what
are we left with? In Ms Hanson's own words, I yearn
for the 1960's ... if only in the area of MORE
government involvement, MORE accountability and
MORE shared responsibility.
> Maybe Richard Welykochy's tag in
> > <intelltectual_snobbery> Half the world is below median intelligence, and we
> > want unmediated democracy? </intellectual_snobbery>
Ummm ... the above tag's are attributed to another Richard ...
richard@auscoms.com.au :-)
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