A sold-out International Women’s Day address by Grace Tame has been relocated to a secure venue after Murdoch coverage was followed by a surge of harassment and threats against organisers.
Maybe one day our elected leaders will actually do some leading, rather than pandering to people in their pockets (and I’m not talking about one or another political party, they’re all shit).
Whats the alternative at the moment? I don’t know. Meritocracy has some useful features, but it’s historic applications have not worked out so well long tern and sometimes devolves into socialism or is abused to create substantive inequality.
History has alot of great examples of where different alternatives have not worked…
I can’t believe were at the point of relying on our elected officials to lead the country. truly a black (and ironic) day.
Maybe one day our elected leaders will actually do some leading, rather than pandering to people in their pockets (and I’m not talking about one or another political party, they’re all shit). Whats the alternative at the moment? I don’t know. Meritocracy has some useful features, but it’s historic applications have not worked out so well long tern and sometimes devolves into socialism or is abused to create substantive inequality. History has alot of great examples of where different alternatives have not worked…
I wish!