Whirlpool mod Ray Macey has posted a nice, calm-minded synopsis of what he thinks of the government's workplace reform campaign on his blog. He writes:
"It's simple. If you believe that lack of flexibility as an individual is worth the improved economy and any advantages one can expect from a strengthened economy, then you are all for the changes. If you think that individual flexibility is paramount, then you oppose the changes. The specifics of either viewpoint are so much hot air."
He's spot on. This is what virtually all politics boils down to. It's a shame that free market economy thinking and social libertarian thinking (right vs left) is therefore mutually exclusive.
If only the A Current Affair watching majority could see through the bullshit. Then they'd actually be able to make informed voting decisions rather than either voting for who mum/dad/grandma/great granddaddy Ezekiel voted for, or saying "I ignore politics… can't stand that stuff. It's boring."
Left vs. right political theory is like Adam vs. Eve. Ford vs. Holden. Whirlpool vs. WPS. You just need to understand the basic viewpoints and you can basically boil down any issue very quickly.
