Civility and Manners in Australian Society
Prime Minister John Howard wants a return to civlity and manners in Australian society, apparently.
This is just a smokescreen as he ignores the underlying causes of the behaviour, or fails to understand them.
In the world of the free market economy espoused by the Liberal Party citizens are mere consumers, overconsumption and excess is encouraged, individualism is valued over community, citizens become consumers and power and greed are promoted. And John Howard wonders why society has become more coarse and selfish??
Human beings all have higher aspirations than the petty materialistic, greedy and selfish aspirations we are encouraged to have by advertising and political leaders. The out of control laissez-faire capitalism in our society is in fact dimming the human spirit and limiting our potential.
This is just a smokescreen as he ignores the underlying causes of the behaviour, or fails to understand them.
In the world of the free market economy espoused by the Liberal Party citizens are mere consumers, overconsumption and excess is encouraged, individualism is valued over community, citizens become consumers and power and greed are promoted. And John Howard wonders why society has become more coarse and selfish??
Human beings all have higher aspirations than the petty materialistic, greedy and selfish aspirations we are encouraged to have by advertising and political leaders. The out of control laissez-faire capitalism in our society is in fact dimming the human spirit and limiting our potential.
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