tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post6450200553030404517..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: Excellent chapter: The Rise and Fall of Anglo-AmericaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-27376300291386241772014-03-02T14:57:48.198+11:002014-03-02T14:57:48.198+11:00Ingemar, that's a very interesting link, thank...Ingemar, that's a very interesting link, thank you. It is also quite relevant to the issues raised in the post. For a period of time in both America and Australia progressive thought was mostly nationalist rather than cosmopolitan (say 1880s to 1920s). The problem is that when progressive thought turned cosmopolitan there was no longer a sufficient force to hold back those in favour of open borders.<br /><br />You can see the tension at work in the piece you linked to. Clive Hamilton is a progressive thinker. He wants to sympathise with ordinary Australians wanting to have a home of their own and to belong to a community. He doesn't like the idea that they should be prevented from doing so by the unregulated operation of the market. But in raising the issue he has had to confront insinuations that his article was racist or discriminatory. In the year 1900, chances are that the issue would have been resolved in a patriotic way; chances are that in 2014 it will be resolved in favour of the open borders approach.<br />Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-2705923311547538782014-03-02T10:20:56.383+11:002014-03-02T10:20:56.383+11:00Mark,
While not related to this post specifically...Mark,<br /><br />While not related to this post specifically, it is related to the theme of the decline of the Anglosphere. I looked up "chinese buying up australia" on Google and found this piece--<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/18/wealthy-chinese-buyers-are-making-sydneys-housing-problem-worse<br /><br />What I found more interesting than the original text was the Editor's Note made on 25 Feb that was 453 words long to the original 813--<br /><br />"This article generated strong response when published on 18 February 2014, including concern about racist undertones in its original headline “Wealthy Chinese buyers are making Sydney’s housing problem worse”.<br /><br />The author and Guardian Australia disclaim any racist intent. Both are conscious of Australia’s racist past. Neither believes that legitimate issues for public debate - here, housing affordability - should be avoided simply because the discussion may be viewed through the prism of that past."<br /><br />Amazing. The Spirit of this Age not only creates the problems but prevents people by calling it by name.Ingemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695600705603036692noreply@blogger.com