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Silk1970 on November 28, 2007 - 3:33pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

What did people think of Steve Biddulph's article in the smh this morning?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/the-partys-over-and-liberals-will-soo...

I loved seeing such a doomer article published in the mainstream press. I don't agree with everything he says there as I believe it's possible for conservative forces to become conservative again.

The political forces of conservatism in the West long ago abandoned being conservative and became radicals. Radical spenders holding to a belief that ever increasing economic growth was guaranteed.

The classic conservative values of thrift and caution were despatched along with black and white television. I believe conservative forces will eventually be able to fall back upon those policies and maintain political relevance.

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KOP on November 28, 2007 - 6:53pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Thanks for the reference to the article. It's a beauty. I particularly liked

The issue of the future, coming down on us now like a steam train, is of course the environment, the double hammer blows of climate change and peak oil. Energy, weather and human misery are the factors that will define our lives for decades to come.

I am not so sure the Greens will become as powerful as he suggests. They have a contingent of Watermelons in their ranks that currently scare off some who are otherwise attracted to their pure Green policies.

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Big Gav on November 29, 2007 - 6:59am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I was a bit stunned by that article - not just that something so doomerish appeared in the mainstream press (I've seen a million of these on the web obviously), but that it came from a guy who writes really soft and fluffy books on parenting !

I agree with the comment that the Green scenario appears unlikely but you never know - he's assuming peak oil and climate change have major impacts within 3 years, which I wouldn't bet too much money on myself - I suspect change will be slow for a while (much like the last 5 years) and we won't hit any tipping points causing abrupt changes that fast...

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