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November 26, 2007
This image by George Grosz reminds me of Howard's Australia. It's not the clothes. It is the inequality during boom times:
George Grosz, Berlin Street Scene, 1930,
Suprisingly, many people believed the myth about John Howard's unerring radar for the aspirations of ordinary Australians, when the reality was that the prime minister had lost touch with the electorate and fatally overreached on industrial relations.
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Gary,
A year or so ago--or even more--- Judith Brett wrote an essay for The Monthly magazine that laid out how the political tide was flowing against Howard. She identified three key themes: from age to youth; from private to public, and from fear to hope.
We have shifted to youth and hope. Will there be a shgft from private to public?