2024-09-19
Martin Geddes reminds me of Riccardo Bosi's design for his political party AustraliaOne - the first political party whose primary aim is NOT to take power! Sounds like something from Monty Python? Close, very close! But quite wrong.
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So how does the People's Front of Judea differ from AustraliaOne as specified by Riccardo?
The point being highlighted by Martin Geddes is that the PFJ is absolutely no different in attitude and methodology from the Romans that they oppose.
And do not all our modern day political parties end up putting all their efforts into electoral calculations focused primarily on gaining power? So how do the new parties (of which there are quite a few) differ from the current established parties?
What makes AustraliaOne different from everybody else? I quote Riccardo below:
"Our purpose is to save Australia"
"The logical consequence of that is that people will vote us in"
How? "Purpose, Method, End-state"
"Everything we do must contribute - can't deviate to the least degree - from that purpose"
"Method comes after the analysis is done"
End-state is critical:
"That Australia is a moral, sovereign, self-reliant, Christian Western Constitutional Republic which is economically powerful, militarily intimidating, politically free, culturally vibrant, and socially cohesive"
What is a moral people?
"A moral people agree what is right and wrong, and think speak and act to advance the right and eradicate the wrong"
Here's the toughest way that we can do this ...
"We create a moral political party, that assists every Australian to attain their highest individual potential, so that all can participate in the reformation of Australia"
"Everybody must be lifted. Let's get everybody up so that they can lead themselves"
"... to ensure that as much political power ... is in the hands of the people at the local level ... the power must be at the very grass-roots"
"We don't want candidates responsive to us (the party), we want candidates responsive to the people 24/7, 365 for the duration of their term of office"
Clearly it's not hard for naysayers to ask innumerable questions about all the ways in which this might fail, but what Riccardo seems to be laying out is a process for achieving a "government of the people, by the people, and for the people" that perforce will demand full response and participation from the people if it is ever to come about.
And that is the mountain that will have to be climbed, because we are starting from a position where the people are accustomed to leaving politics to the political classes.
This is the problem that confronts all peoples of all countries around the globe, and it isn't going to happen overnight.
Will it ever catch on?
Are the people truly up for it?
We watch the progress of this experiment with enormous interest.
