White people have a proud history of exaggerating their influence upon society. For instance, it is widely believed that during the 1960s, groups of white people from Europe and North America invented casual sex and music. So it remains to be seen whether or not the rise of the Greens signals the coming of a new age in Australian politics or a Family First-style anomaly. While Bandt's election victory was widely interpreted as either a failure of the two major parties or the result of a growing environmental awareness amongst the electorate, it was more significant for incorporating white Melburnian values into mainstream Australian society. That's right - white Melburnians even have their own political party!
Most people think the Greens are a one issue party, but they're more like a one seat party. Adam Bandt probably has more support in Williamsburg than Williamstown. To take this idea further, you could imagine a white Melburnian microstate with Fitzroy as the capital and their president famous for being the only world leader who cycles to Parliament. But most of the leafy neighbourhoods and beachside electorates in Melbourne vote conservative. It is ironic that the suburbs with the least amount of environmental amenity attract the most support for the Greens.
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'White people have a proud history of exaggerating their influence upon society" = GOLD! MDR. ROFL.
ReplyDeleteahhh the leafy green Eastern sub population take a nice environment that provides all for them, for granted. Westies and the Northerns know what life looks like when you rip out the trees and put a smoking factory in its place.
ReplyDeleteThe chaser boys made two hilarious clips before the last election explaining why white people like the greens. See:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T9Ao9TxOi8
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH_MBwQhGgA