Is it not deeply satisfying that now, we who have been the scorn and previously inconsequential voice of protest to the unending prevalence of majority rule by the largest minority group: known only as the Baby Boomers, should now sit taciturn for one of the first times in our lives? Oh the joys that fill my heart to see a victory for those who wish to see a future in this world; not one of continued economic growth or 'rationalism', but one of mere existence. That those who have most profitted off the continued exploitation of the world's resources, and neglected to see how future generations will be fit to profit equally to how they have, that now they should be taking to the streets, whinging and whining. To filling the galleries of our national parliament, to interupt those democratically elected, like children who throw a tantrum when something doesn't go their way even though it was a result of their own actions. Oh how I laugh when I read the newspaper, and see in the media that "Australians" are unhappy with this "unpopular" tax, because this group of "middle-aged" (as put in The Australian) has-beens are somehow truly representative of all perspectives in this country. To this my heart is now truly very glad.
Of the bogan oldies of "no consequence" that rallied outside Anthony Albanese's office, to whom he so valiantly confronted as the mindless rabble that they were; of the old ditties who repeatedly interrupted Question Time with their "No Carbon Tax" chants, marched out of the galleries still chanting like little cry babies: I have watched as much of the news cycle as I could this past week and oh how I have soaked up every bit of it! How he who laughs last laughs hardest! This IS democracy people... Many may claim it is not, and they are the same many who have always held the majority of voting power in this country. I am not talking about Lefties or Rights: It's baby boomers. And for once, through the power of democracy, they find themselves no longer holding the balance of power in either house of parliament. Like squealing little piglets, our golden oldies, the majority of shareholders in businesses who own our carbon-intensive industries, cry foul at their lost stranglehold on Australia: how will they finance their "well-deserved" retirement now? Not only have they lost billions in "hard-earned" superannuation in recent years, but now they've lost their grip on Australian politics too. What is the world coming to?!
I do not deny that this new carbon-reduction scheme is not without its flaws - so is the nature of compromise in almost every way. Though this entry is not here to assess the pro's and con's of the scheme. It is merely to make an observation at how the tables can turn, and how the green hippies once the only typical protesters in the streets, are now replaced with those bordering retirement; Those who have 'earned' their retirement through laissez faire policies, who have lost their superannuation exploits through failing economic liberalisation, and can't bare the thought of leaving a planet with any hope for future generations before their time is up.
What's that you hear? It's the sound of the world's smallest violin playing sweet music to my ears!
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