Australia is selfish and lacks empathy. Ignorant too!
As reported in The Conversation recently, the research, practice and teaching of Australian history is in a parlous state, and getting worse. The 2nd last paragraph ‘Why is this a problem?’ is highly germane to Anderson’s argument, but the whole article partly explains why much of Australia is ignorant of it’s history, and is getting worse.
Ignorance is probably another reason that the lies and misinformation disseminated by ‘No’ proponents apparently were believed and acted upon by many when voting.
Better historical awareness should have made the ‘If you don’t know, vote No’ slogan laughable, as it was for those of us who thought it obvious that ‘If you don’t know’ should have prompted a response along the lines of ‘Then find out!, and do a little research.’
Ignorance is no excuse, but when they don’t know that they don’t know, and they don’t value education and resultant knowledge or understanding, then there is little hope for informed responses to referenda, whatever the question.
Ignorance of The Constitution’s content, and how it works, doesn’t help either.
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