The Australian cringe
The cultural cringe that forced so many of our artists half a century ago to head to both the UK and the US in order to demonstrate their talent, and have it first accepted by those beyond our shores, is at the heart of the current ‘thinking’ that drives our defence policy.
The mindset that we just aren’t good enough is alive and well. There isn’t any justifiable reason to continue to hang on to America’s apron strings. We are a nation in our own right. Our national security would be far better served if we were to maintain good relations with both China and the US.
I’d go further. Our status would also be significantly enhanced internationally if we were to be brave enough to declare Australia to be a neutral country.
We once led the world in relation to human rights. We can and should step up again. The ALP has fallen far from the heights reached by Gough Whitlam in the seventies, much to our national shame.
Elbow’s government, although clearly preferable to that led by the Truncheon, is currently plumbing the depths. It’s hardly any wonder that the electorate at large continues to reject them both.
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