(You have no rights, only privileges conferred by society) The problem with the demands for ārightsā and āfreedomsā by the anti-vax, anti-lockdown, mask-free movement is that those demands are based on a mythology perpetrated by groups such as the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA). That mythology is itself based on US ideological concepts of individual... Continue Reading →
Demonising Virtue, Value and EthicsĀ
Or how the right āinventedā and weaponised the terms "political correctnessā, āvirtue signallingā, āwokeā and ācancel cultureā As our politics has drifted relentlessly to the right, in recent years, and as the features of neo-liberal economies have increasingly driven inequality and environmental degradation, a part of this drift has been the labelling of virtue as... Continue Reading →