Maximillion, Grim and Antonios

Well guys, if I could vote you in tomorrow, I would!

'Building up our defence force' would need some further clarification for me and I'm not keen on a popularly-elected head of state. The process would only end up an extravagant circus and the result would be a celebrity sports or media personality. I'm not too sure about the legalisation of marijuana any more either, as its detrimental health effects are now well documented. But I give all the other policy ideas a resounding tick!

I'd go a step further than Maximillion on education. I'd eliminate all private institutions and create a universal state system where all students are given the same opportunity and wealth doesn't buy the privilege it does currently. Society would be less divided too as all children rubbed shoulders with all other children, irrespective of religion, race or class.

I'd also take Maximillion's 'corporate citizenship' a step further. I'd legislate against corporate takeover beyond a certain level. Small and medium-size businesses serve the people and the economy well. Once businesses become the huge monolithic entities many are today, their power begins to drive all decision-making, right across the board. They drive down wages, drive up prices and reduce choice. We'd be better off without them.

I'd also create incentives for ALL householders to switch to water and energy efficient choices such as installing tanks, insulation, solar panels, less power and water hungry appliances and alternatives to petrol driven cars. I'd give subsidies to low-income earners to assist them make the switch and ramp up the non-compliance penalties for those who refuse to reduce their consumption levels.

Yes, what a very different world it would be. We might even give ourselves back a future.

Bronwyn
I am with the poors, the migrants, the women, the youths, the aged people, the labours, with all people who understand and accept that this planet is theirs and ours. I am atheist and internationalist. I am a bastard migrant!
VOTE Maximillion and Grim they are better! Sorry I forgot, they are not candidates in SA!
Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide

One thought tickles my imagination.
I don't remember what the movie was called, but I can't help but wonder just how well a "vote: None of the above" might work here in Oz at the moment?

Dear Max,

As I told BB previously - be careful what you
wish for. And, as I've posted on another thread -
Conservatives are the party that says Government
doesn't work - and then they get elected and
prove it.

Many good ideas here
100% free public health and public education is a good starting point.
I would also want a Social Dividend or Universal Basic Income.

I dont disagree with any of the ideas put forward by those above me and congratulate them on a very comprehensive list of things that would make the world a better place. I think most people would also agree that they are very desirable future policies. The only ones upset would be those now in control of the levers of power and those that enjoy the unfettered decadency and privilege of the wealthy and aristocratic. Since the first are oppressors and the second exploiters then we should ignore their concerns and just generally ignore them.

Let them live in their posh mansions with all their money just dont work(slave) for them and dont buy their products and watch their advertising. Its not like we need the trinkets and sideshows they provide to distract and stupify us.
Get together and start cooperative businesses producing long lived quality goods that actually improve society. Undercut the greedy capitalists and put them out of business. Vote for reformist politicians and force them out if they dont follow the will of the people. Break up all monopolies especially in the media and essential goods like water, electricity, education, research etc.

There is a left and it seems we all know of it and what it stands for. The problem now is overcoming the apathy, hopelessness and fear that the capitalists have instilled in us and moving against them in unstoppable direct action.