The neoliberal mantra has been privatise, privatise, privatise. For profit operations do it better, apparently. The reality, however, is a different...
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Social Media And Its Algorithms Are Destroying Us
An interesting correlation to observe is that between the advent of social media and the worsening of human interrelations. Facebook started in Feb...
No Easy Answers To Complex Things
There are no easy answers to complex things. Stupid people are suckers for populist promises re-smaller government and privatising stuff. What you...
Religious Extremism In Australia
It is shocking that in the 21C there are still innocent children dying due to religious extremism in Australia. The case of Elizabeth Struhs an 8 YO...
Settlers Take What Was Not Their Own
Colonial powers send out their soldiers and their settlers to conquer and found their new lands. This has occurred in Australia, the Americas, and...
78% Of American Doctors Are Employed By Corporations
The fact that around 78% of American doctors are employed by corporations is shocking. The corporatization of the medical profession and health...
Trump The American Imperialist
Canada, Greenland and Panama are the latest candidates for Trump the American imperialist. The tweeting President is throwing up more outrageous bon...
John Howard & Peter Costello: Masters Of A Runaway Property Market
Former PM John Howard and his treasurer Peter Costello were warned about the dangers of rapidly rising Australian property prices back in 2004....
Common Features Of Religious Extremism
The common features of religious extremism invariably involve a return to some idealised state of purity. Whether it be Islamic extremism or...
The Story So Far
The nation elected a reality TV star for president. He made a total mess of things, especially of his response to a global pandemic. Nearly a...