What democracy? What trees? It’s a parking lot

In relation to our article barking-up-the-wrong-tree

Bob Pearce, Adelaide SA, Feb 28, 2025

We don’t live in a democracy! One of the basics of democracy is the separation of church and state. Take a look around to see how few places that’s happening. The separation of church and state should always have included the separation of state and corporations.

The majority of crises the world is facing are as a result of the failure of the separation of government and corporations. For example, because of the misbehaviour of the banking sector we had the global financial crisis, with government bailing out the banks because they are to big to fail.

This was followed by a costly royal commission. Barely any of its recommendations have been carried out; those that were have been were watered down or repealed. Now the government is having to tell banks how to deal with people in a financial and housing crisis.

I’m thinking that separation from the US should be considered, given that they seem to be central to most modern day crises and that’s before we get to Trump and the latest crisis.