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...
by Jim Ball | Dec 4, 2016 | Blog, Culture, Culture Wars, Elites, Random Notes, Society, Society and culture, The Left, The West |
Many people quietly wonder and not so quietly ask. What the hell happened? How did we get here? Only when you follow the bread crumbs can you begin to understand and begin to wind and walk it back. “…Half a century ago takes us back to 1966, which bisects...
