Bad Leadership = Youth Despair

Posted 18th November 2018 to the Otago Daily Times Newspaper Dunedin NZ

A current topic in the academic circles is something that has become apparent with the convulsions in US politics.
Young people are thinking climate change means the end of civilisation and there is nothing that can be done Just like with gun violence they can’t count on a the older generations to save them.
Yes thanks to modern medicine the life span of our older generations has meant they are hanging around in large numbers with their 20th century political agendas.

The big paradox with climate science is how to frame it to the public. There has been a debate as to try and scare people, which could backfire on an already stressed population or try and tell people not to stress because it’s not that bad but we need to act now... and then make people complacent.

What is apparent The older people who are benefiting from the status quo are trending towards taking the easy road of running out the clock.
And the young  are feeling all the weight of responsibility has been dropped on them by both sides of the political arena.

All the smoke and mirrors from the Trump Media Show is not helping, nor is the endless talk of compromise from the Old School Democrats.

There is no compromise in saving humanity  unless you want to go out counting money like there is no tomorrow. Or you have lived your allotted lifespan! 

 

New World Ordering: USA

Posted 11th June 2018 to the Otago Daily Times Newspaper Dunedin NZ

One wonders if the Political turmoil that has hit the USA is going to upset the rest of their allies who are also in a pickle about how to run their counties like corporations without turning them into moral dumpster fires in the process.

The US Republicans are playing the pound a metaphorical square peg in to a round hole game...

The White House now wants to somehow force the rest of the world to pay US companies more and money to keep US  workers employed because the White House dare not break their unwritten right-wing rule against improving any form of social safety net for US citizens.

So it seems Washington  has given up the carrot in favour of the big stick in 2018, now the rest of the western world might want to consider how this is new game is going to play out.

If we all want to live in 1st world state that only has time for people who are just COGS in the machine in a global market then the people are going to revolt when they have to compete with 3rd World Wages and lax 3rd world environmental standards.

And as more and more Americans play out hate against each other, the new political divide will once again be the Democratic Primaries between the Corporates and the Progressives, which sadly proved to be the worst case of election fraud in modern history (2016).