Substance impossible? Not even desirable

By: serge (Registered ) on 13-11-2007 07:15

For goodness sake Christian McRae,you've undone all the effort I put into pushing to furthest recess of my cerebral cortex all those depression causing thoughts about Australian politics,and of its relationship to the media, that have festered for years. 
Long have I resigned myself to, rather than attempting to engage with the discourses and personalities of the major parties - in the vain hope of finding some semblance of vision and direction in regards to making Australia a more just and honourable societ - voting on a particular issue(s)that has irked me or caught my attention (only to see that in most scenarios neither party would react any differently than the other). 
Certainly, the media plays significant role in directing the discourse of both parties. They have the power. But the many years of relative wealth and leisure generating an increasingly complacent and conservative populace cannot be ignored when considering why we are indeed fed the daily mush. Substance is indeed impossible, but even sadder it seems that for most it is undesirable.  
"Do I really want to engage my mind and conscience, when it's easier to be told 'there, there we'll look after you, and better than the other mob'? (Now I can get back to a few tinnies in front of the wide-screen telly blithely ignorant of what the kids are looking up on the net."

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