Response to Rupert Murdoch's ABC Lecture

Murdoch's Lectures.
7th December '08.

Dare I say it? Could it be age-ism in my saying that Rupert sounded as if “...from a dated period?”

I agree with his saying that the privileges of the wealthy, first, white, christian world are what now makes it possible for a 14 year-old 3rd world person to link nowtime to some-one across the globe.

And I say yes to much of what he says.

However, one point stuck in my touchpad?

“The advances of the first world & Democracy, have improved the lives of well..., billions, & surely must be the way to go.” (paraphrased)

Hmmm....., insummary, it sounded like he was coming from the wealth is good, privilege is god given, let everyone be as privileged as the privileged.

I argue of course. Its my Duty, being at the exact opposite end of the “Revolution” spectre, or spectacle, depending on how much Rupert & the Brettonwoods boys can manage the televising of the revolution.

“Privilege”, Dear Sir, is perhaps the motive principle of history, inspiring all beneath to a better, highermind way of life.

And Jolly Ho for that. Gentrification, to a Creature far above the brute, which you & I have known in our own lands, & despaired for their want.

But privilege has always, throughout history, been afforded at the brutal expense of the majority, for always also, only the few have enjoyed, or been spoiled by, privilege.

Also, privilege has always been in partnership with excess, for whatever reason, we know there are many, & the excess is usually expressed in the expense of the People, AND The HABITAT.

Like, in today's terms, huge environmental footprint type expense.

To dream that one day EVERYONE will enjoy the level of security (NOT), comfort (QUESTIONABLE?), & throwaway UNeconomic-of-scale wealth that the first world's top 50% enjoy, without a SERIOUS adjustment to that upon which we pin our faith – wealth? or LIFE? - be-it in the family, group, village, or further, so that the lot of us are living at about one tenth of the level of consumption, pollution, waste etc., that today's first world 'privileged' are, then you're doing what I may as well be doing...........(?)

Privilege has always been from unbalance in the distribution & control of The People & of the Land. Therefore we can only expect that the quality & provision of the People & Land will degrade while the dominant economic model is so plunderous to the environment, making for less resources to plunder for “everyone” to enjoy canary wharf privileges.

Besides, from where I stool, the privileges you, Rupert, would make affordable to EVERYONE, or the cykosees planted in their brains since their first day in front of the tele which lure them to believing that that sort of advertised Mammon-er-shit is Good for them, is pretty-much precisely what's sending the hyperpopulated, occultificated mainstream city-type “in-da-vid-u-al” utterly insane, leading the blind into the sewer & meltdown of the ONE, ONE Planet, MUTHA Earth they have to live-on.

Is wealth & power THAT blinding, my Friend?

I refuse to think so, but may have to.

Mayhap it's part of the shopfront for a secret...........


Omaxa bin Eartha
Uluruban Forest.