Reclaiming faith in the egalitarian project

Dear ,

When you see polls showing that less than 32% of young Australians would fight for their country if it were in the same position Ukraine is now; or that only 42% of Australians 18-29 years of age say democracy is preferable to any other type of government you know our national project has a credibility problem.

It’s no wonder.

Students are taught we Europeans have no right being in Australia (at the same time as they are told to celebrate our multiculturalism). They are indoctrinated that before Europeans, Australia was a Garden of Eden where everyone lived happily in tune with each other and with nature and that Western capitalism and science have corrupted the land and the people.

They are told that everything is about power and oppression and that men have oppressed women through the patriarchy, and white men and white women have oppressed everyone else through their privilege. They’re taught to shun excellence and empiricism in favour of an opaque world where there is no objective truth, apart from the truth that there is no objective truth.

Well, it’s time to fight back. We need civic events to remind us how unique and uniquely good our current society is amongst all the societies that have existed over the history of the world. That’s why we’re celebrating Emancipation Day, the day when the British decided to abolish slavery throughout the British Empire.

(To book for breakfast August 1, click here).

This was an act of altruism. It might have drawn on the privilege of being the greatest power of the 19th century, but it was a virtuous use of that power. It wasn’t racist, it wasn’t oppressive. It recognised that some things are so true and good they deserve to be pursued, whatever the cost. It eschewed the ease of continuing with a practice rampant in the world to pursue excellence.

Furthermore, it recognised the dignity of every human being, and their right to be able to pursue their life in the way they see fit.

It’s something that all of us who have inherited that liberal democratic culture can embrace and celebrate, seek to perpetuate in our own lives, and put at the foundations of our own culture into the future.

Look forward to seeing you in a week’s time at Tattersall’s to hear Emeritus Professor Nigel Biggar, our guest speaker. If possible bring some of your younger friends along. For those of us who are older this will be a refresher, but some of them may never have even heard it before.

Here's the link to book again.

Regards,
GRAHAM YOUNG
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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