by Jim Ball | Jan 18, 2019 | Blog, Elites, Labor Party, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Liberal Party, Random Notes |
Reading Graeme Richardson’s column in the Oz, Things Grim for Most in the West in tandem with both the excellent Maurice Newman and Henry Ergas columns on the same op-ed page, it strikes me that what lifetime professional political players and lobbiests like Richo...
by Jim Ball | Aug 20, 2017 | Blog, Culture, Elites |
“….What’s particularly frightening about today’s virtuous Western elites is how inherently destructive to society their virtues are. Indeed, pursuing elite virtue today essentially means doing things which objectively damage society, whether it is cutting...
by Jim Ball | Apr 10, 2017 | Blog, Brexit, Deplorables, Elites |
Love this guy. Pat Condell on the Lear jet and limousine elites of Europe. The beauty of his commentary is that you can weave the elites vs deplorables of Australia or anywhere into his narrative as well. It’s the same the world...
by Jim Ball | Jan 3, 2017 | Blog, Elites |
This explains the phenomenon of the elites and the bubble in which they live and I’m sure that they same survey in Australia would produce the exact same results…. “..The anger against the ruling elites that fueled the election of Donald Trump was...
by Jim Ball | Dec 15, 2016 | Blog, Elites, Journalism, Media, Society, Trump, US Election |
Bernie Sanders gets it… “…..Sen. Bernie Sanders understands something that mainstream liberals do not: Donald Trump won the presidency in part because he channeled populist resentment toward political correctness into a winning issue. During a...
by Jim Ball | Dec 15, 2016 | Blog, Commentariat, Elites, Media |
Warren Mundine is chair of the Prime Minister’s indigenous Advisory Council and a former ALP national president. “….Australia’s political media and commentariat are also out of touch. Listening to them you’d think Australians are preoccupied with gay...
