tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post3369282132037756135..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: When supposed liberals turn out to be anything butKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-39592605254841841782016-07-31T11:04:23.665+12:002016-07-31T11:04:23.665+12:00Well written! This ties nicely back into your com...Well written! This ties nicely back into your comments about the media who in most of these cases remained unconvinced that what they have been saying for some considerable time would not come to pass as they had said it would - as indeed they had wished it would. It's hardly surprising that so many people I speak to seem to have little idea of what is happening in the world.Jigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-86802185069078254492016-07-30T11:23:11.847+12:002016-07-30T11:23:11.847+12:00Thanks for another good post. And thanks to Brenda...Thanks for another good post. And thanks to Brendan for his good comment.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062114725862850124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-78034577416856031482016-07-29T10:17:09.958+12:002016-07-29T10:17:09.958+12:00Karl
Inherent within democracy is the understandi...Karl<br /><br />Inherent within democracy is the understanding that ‘we the people’ agree to cede some aspects of our personal autonomy and security to those whom we elect, on the basis that they agree to act in our overall best interests.<br /><br />Unfortunately, this ‘contract’ is under pressure because we are entering an historical epoch where seventy years of peace and prosperity in the west has produced a political elite who are wholly unsuited to grappling with the security challenges we now face in the west. <br /><br />For example, today German PM Angela Merkel announced that despite the four separate attacks that have taken place in Germany by immigrants, asylum seekers, or their children that have resulted in the death and serious injury of dozens of German citizens, she has no intention of changing her immigration policy.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36916098<br /><br />This is an issue where the public are well ahead of their politicians in understanding the nature of the problem and what needs to happen to ensure their security into the future.<br /><br />The disconnect between the citizens and the machinery of state is growing, and while politicians remain tone deaf to the concerns of ordinary people, they place the entire democratic project at risk.<br />Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.com