"In 1959, the BBC asked [Bertrand] Russell, [public intellectual, historian, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate] what advice he would give future generations. He answered: ‘When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only what are the facts and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted either by what you wish to believe or by what you think would have beneficent social effects if it were believed, but look only and solely at the facts."
Ideology is not a bad thing. It’s of value, very important really. Each of us as individuals should have a fact-based and justice-seeking worldview that guides us as we go through life, day by day. But when that worldview doesn’t fit with the facts, as history and our lives develop, it’s time to make some practical and ideological adjustments, look at things more closely. Ideology grounded in facts, not blind ideology, is what we must strive for.
Source: Facts, Not Blind Ideology | The Smirking Chimp
This isn’t splashed across the front pages of our MSM why? It certainly however indicates their right-wing, top-down propaganda bias. Morrison’s promised ICAC has been discarded. Australia’s international corruption index has blown out and Super and wage theft have been let run free and workers and their families have lost billions.
Nine years ago we were voted best economy on the planet and our Treasurer was voted the world’s best and we had just faced the GFC and won. 9 years of LNP government later and Frydenberg is telling us we are still the worlds best economy when the world says we aren’t.
Our privately owned MSM is proving to be the Australian equivalent of Russian State Media a propaganda machine. It might well be criticizing Scott Morrison but it sure as hell isn’t criticizing the L-NP for dragging this country down economically and reputationally on every social metric. What criticism there is, is minimal and isn’t calling for a necessary change of government. Quite the opposite in fact. The truth is staring us in the face are we better off under a Morrison/LNP than we were under a Gillard lead ALP? Economy. Health, Education, Wealth, Housing, Corruption, Broken Promises, Discrimination, Racism, WelFare, and Climate let’s be the judge and not the fake news!
One guy prosecuted for allegedly running a company while bankrupt, ten Crown directors off scot free for washing $70bn through casinos for Chinese Triads, drug and sex traffickers and other assorted criminals. One rule for rich and powerful, another for the rest. Michael West reports on the world of deluxe double standards.
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