Critical Times

Politics is the strife of interests. It masquerades as contrast between principles and different means of conducting public affairs. The key issue in all politics is whom does the system serve? Under capitalism it is always the greedy corporate class and their private interests.

Ockham’s Razor: 27
November 2005 – What is our biggest
problem?

Robyn Williams: Well last week on this program we had
Jennifer Marohasy taking on what she called the celebrity
scientists, and their gloomy forecasts. She said that most
indicators of natural wellbeing show improvement, not decline. By
the way, she also accused Jared Diamond of asking Australia to give
up agriculture, something Professor Diamond tells me he did not
say, although his book ‘Collapse’ certainly gives that impression.