https://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-224/feature-ben-eltham
"The marvellous juxtaposition of a minister explaining a $6000 toaster to a man
struggling to survive on minimum wage transfixed the nation."
Excellent article on the "political class". Ambitious would-be politicians
like Trump have spotted the opportunity to be gained in playing upon the
growing chasm between the "elites" and the general public, but if we do not
work to reduce inequality and instead merely use it to build popular resentment
we risk repeating the French Revolution.
Via Muse, who wrote: "An ordinary person asks a pertinent question of a
politician on Q&A and the results are they are smeared by our media as a
criminal for being poor."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
