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Dear individual ,

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You wrote :

« Just go & speak with Public Servants & bring up the subject of political party & presto, you'll have the confirmation ! »
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Even if I managed to encounter 100 individual public servants and persuaded them to divulge their political preferences to me (which I assure you is, for all practical purposes, impossible), the results would be just as insignificant as yours – given that there are almost 2 million public servants spread out all over Australia.

You obviously have not done it yourself as you admitted that “no 'studies' have been done !”

You have every right to express your opinion, Individual, but your opinion is just that, an opinion, not an objective fact, or a “confirmation” of something you would like others to believe to be true.

There’s no point in discussing this any further, Individual.

I’m afraid we’ll have to leave it at that.

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Hi Banjo,

On your reflections on John Keane's take on political evolution, you would get a real kick out of Francis Fukuyama's

"The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman times to the French Revolution".

It came out nearly ten years ago. He's also published a follow-up volume:

"Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalisation of Democracy".

The decay that he focusses on is mostly that of the US.

I have to read them again. And probably again, in five and ten years, if I'm still around :)

Cheers,

Joe

LOUDmouth,

It makes me happy to see you enjoying all the fascinating Arts things like history, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, philosophy, etc.

You would have enjoyed doing an Arts degree.

Dear Joe,

I hope we both are around in ten more years. I will be 104 then, but that is less than the age of my great-grandfather when he died.

Even if I managed to encounter 100 individual public servants and persuaded them to divulge their political preferences to me (which I assure you is, for all practical purposes, impossible)
Banjo paterson,
I HAVE done it countless times. Simply criticise a Labor Govt. & the proof will fly into your face in an instant.
When I say no studies have been done I obviously referred to official studies which obviously can't happen because the progressives would not allow it. Why not you may ask ? Answer, then why haven't they done it already ! They study everything else, except when it exposes them.

Dear Joe and David,

I hope that you both shall be around for a long,
long, time yet. And that you shall keep adding
your positivity and knowledge to this forum.