Post No. 3,325 - More from this week's coming news post

More important content from this week’s coming news post: 

The pathology of political opposition - which also raises something I have long thought desirable: serve one term, then do not stand for re-election at the end of your term ... re-engage with life, and actively demonstrate that you are unlikely to be twisting your decisions around re-election (re-election being something which makes ALL elected representatives populist to an extent);       

and also, on a personal note: 

This week something struck home for me, and that is the impenetrability of theogroupoinsideotheopolitical party I am a member of   that I need to change   in order to change the party: the electoral experts who useoCambridgeoAnalyticaotypeoexamination of data to determine, control and direct political messaging - including interpretation of policies as adopted by members. 

I joined that party as they have - or had - a reasonable starting position, and I knew - from existing members and their record - that they were capable of good things. I achieved, in fact, a reasonable impact, for a single person in a large organisation (including time with MPs who genuinely listened to what I had to say), but a press release this week has shown the extent to which community fear, right wing media that distort and exacerbate that fear, and the professionalism & expertise of the electoral experts inside the party are combining to offset some outstanding steps forward in my adopted home state with someolowestocommonodenominatoroapproachesotooperceivedopublicosafety.  

Some time ago I had suggested what I consider a better approach (see here and here), but that got nowhere - partly because I am a little known nobody inside the party organisation, partly because my suggestion would have involved a political gamble and required a significant amount of work to convince voters, and likely partly because others thought their solutions were better anyway (as is their right).  

Be that as it may, on top of a recent betrayal, and the betrayal in the USA by the "Democrats", the press release shows that the change from the previous leader is complete, and I am feeling less hopeful. 

I fear this party is only a few electoral cycles behind the neolibs/aka "conservatives" - or maybe, given their new place in political infamy, the US Democrats.  

I will likely remain a member (the internal questionnaires show awareness of the possible causes for dissatisfaction of members), and will do what I can to make the party better, but some activities - such as the email responses to press releases - will go by the wayside.  

That may also result in a cut back in the amount of detail in these weekly posts - which is something I should do anyway, as I need to focus on finding a day job and/or promoting my (different area to this) business.  

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Post No. 3,324 - from this week’s coming news post: democracy in Australia

This is from this week’s coming news post: 

an encouraging assessment with several cautionary notes:  

The first of what is planned to be an annual series of assessments of democracy in Australia (the McKinnon index) has indicated democracy is in a reasonable situation (key findings here, detailed findings [66 pages] here), although I consider satisfaction with service delivery should be higher (i.e., service delivery needs to improve), around one quarter of Australians “could be considered disengaged from the democratic process”, and one-in-five younger Australians cannot be friends with those of opposing political views (which I consider could be a measure of the reaction to the presence of far right extremism [including fascism and n__-n_oz_sm], and thus is not necessarily a bad thing), but 8.5% of young men and 2.4% of Australians overall support political violence, which is of concern, and is related to increased reliance on online sources of news and lower understanding of how democracy works, leading to a recommendation for better education as one of many recommendations;      

and of concern: 

growing concerns over the “‘sickening’ double standard” of a recent “‘unfathomable’” approval by NSW police of a n__-n_oz_ rally - and some inappropriate reactions and death and r_pe threats against female MPs;          

a warning that “AI could become “dangerous and sinister” considering some who finance it hold views that are “extremely autocratic””;         

an Australian survey of a representative sample of 2,000 people found “40% of Australian women without kids hesitant to have children because of climate change” (which is not surprising), but “a third of Coalition voters believed the climate would not change at all” - which, in my opinion, is why those parties are fading out of existence (and is of concern to some of the them - the amathia of those parties can be illustrated, IMO, by comparing their petulant stance to what it would be if we were discussing some new business technique that would increase reduce the risk of losses: the coalition is being petulant about the up-front cost of something that is known to be of preventative benefit, and choosing at the same to be followers in the market, rather than leaders);           

 

I am considering using this information to write an activism email to my local MPs with content along the lines of the following: 

• a new survey, to be performed annually, shows Australia’s democracy is in a reasonable position, albeit with some concerns: 
•  ¼ of Australians are disengaged, and service delivery needs to be better (particularly in rural areas [and I would acknowledge my home state's better than average efforts on that aspect, with the survey results being national and thus not showing that]); 
• credibility and authenticity are going to be vital in terms of improving trust, which will be an important part of rebuilding engagement, and better action on the climate crisis will have to be a leading part of that; 
• there is a low but concerning number of young men who consider political violence acceptable;  

• the death and r_pe threats against female MPs following a n__-n_oz_ rally in NSW which was, staggeringly, approved by NSW police are also of concern (as was the NSW police approval). 
  Earlier attacks against TGDNB and LGBTQIASB+ people generally were, as I have warned, the “canary in the mine” indicator of what was coming, with the latest possibly being an indicator of those concerns spreading. 
  Our (Australian) intelligence agencies have been warning of this threat for some years now. 
• The demise of the neoliberal parties will provide additional potential recruits to far rights movements, and the percentage of young men found by the survey are also potential recruits. 
• This problem cannot be ignored - those people are fanatical. 
  Action must be taken, beginning with acknowledge that the far right (fascist) threat is NOT a political difference - it is worse. 
  The 20% of young people who cannot be friends with people of differing political views are likely thinking of fascists, who have been rolled in to "political difference" by inadequacies in the otherwise sound survey. I consider those young people are right. 
• I respectfully urge you to take heed of these matters, and consult with experts (NOT only police) on ways to stop the spread of fascism in Australia, and then regain the trust of the disaffected by DELIVERING on those actions. 

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider: 

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

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Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

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Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here, and Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear  

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