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sebastian
04 March 2007

Thanks John Pilger!

I am another of the many Australians outraged and ashamed by our current politicians and who see no clear way to improve the situation.

Public discourse seems proscribed by advanced consumerism and whatever falls outside these boundaries simply does not seem to exist.

The moral rot demonstrated by our leaders thus filters down directly to all levels of society. Compassion has become something for losers .

Managerialism seems to play a big part in squashing dissent. Whatever is not efficient in terms of consumption is simply made redundant or privatized.

I don't know about Canada but Australians have been putting up with this for so long now that we appear to have become cowed.