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Whether we like it or not we are programmed from birth to react and make decisions based upon that programming.
This is a broad generalisation but children fall into three major catagories.
1) Below average income families
2) Average income families
3) Above average income families
The broad majority are in the second catagory.
All children have three main programmers being parents, teachers and peers.
Catagory 1 children will be subjected to programming by socialist parents because their parents are largely state dependent and have a belief in equality (which means they get more for doing nothing more). Public schools are dominated by socialist teachers. The sheep mentality of the playground means supporting socialism to be accepted. The child will in 99% of chances vote Labour in the first two elections eligable for them.
Category 2 children are 70% a catagory 1 but 30% will have parents who are sacrificing a lot to send them to private school whee a more balanced environment exists. Some will be strong socialists and others will tend to Liberal views with peer pressure outside of the school tending socialist and in the home tending Liberal. So in their first two elections the vote is likely to be 70/30
Category 3 children have a strong Liberal home life and a balanced school situation. However, the peer groups often excercise lateral persuasions and a common result is afections to minority parties. The first two elections are likely to be 50% Liberal and 50% of mixed parties.
At the age of 24+ these children are now adults and many start to think for themselves and challenge their programming.
For some it is the simple fact that they have worked hard, done well and are earning good wages. They wonder why they should pay more tax than the next man for getting the same services for example. They see the trade unions for what they really are. They see taxpayers money squandered on ideology. Many then start to change their minds about who to vote for. Unfortunately ther also are many that go to the grave without challenging their programming.
The result is a huge socialist vote for the under 25's which in time many will change. Of course this is a huge generalisation and individuals can prove their own circumstances to be different. But I have seen this trend over many years. My first two votes were Labour, coming from a working class family where my father was a union convenor it was a predictable vote. But the writing was on the wall. My Father had resigned as a convenor becase he was fighting for 'a fair days pay for a fair days work' and the union said he was wrong. They wanted as much as they could get for doing as little as possible. Still, I could not vote for the opposition because my programming had them as the enemy. The coal mining strike in UK lead by Joe Gormley that brought down the Heath government was my turning point. "How could a trade union be alowed to bring down an elected government, I asked." I still voted Labour but the new leader was Michael Foot, an old guy that looked like a derelict that wore a raincoat that looked 50 years old and had never been cleaned. That was not an image I wanted for a leader. Thatcher came and the mining union tried to bring the government down again. This time not the astute Gormley but a political fool called Scargill who had no care for the miners, only his ideology. He called a strike in the spring time, a time when demand for coal was low. But he caused power cuts during spring and summer. Had he waited until Autumn there is no doubt he would have won but he wanted rid of Thatcher fast and scarificed the whole of the coal mining industry for his socialis/communist ideology. That was the turning point for me. I started to reflect on the nightshift beds at Rover and British Leyland I had seen and the fact that workers were only alowed to manufacture the number of components allowed by the union even though half the day they were left with nothing to do. And many more instances where the caring trade union of the 1930's had become a domineering unaring ideological albatross. Still, although Labour in the UK was influenced by the unions it was controlled by the grass roots members. Not so in Australia where the ACTU effectively is the Labour party. Of course so many left UK after Thatcher defeated Scargill and came here, now pulling the Labour party strings.
Ehhh well, I guess the bible tells us what not to do with our pearls but maybe someone will gain a little understanding and maybe challenge their programming.
This is a broad generalisation but children fall into three major catagories.
1) Below average income families
2) Average income families
3) Above average income families
The broad majority are in the second catagory.
All children have three main programmers being parents, teachers and peers.
Catagory 1 children will be subjected to programming by socialist parents because their parents are largely state dependent and have a belief in equality (which means they get more for doing nothing more). Public schools are dominated by socialist teachers. The sheep mentality of the playground means supporting socialism to be accepted. The child will in 99% of chances vote Labour in the first two elections eligable for them.
Category 2 children are 70% a catagory 1 but 30% will have parents who are sacrificing a lot to send them to private school whee a more balanced environment exists. Some will be strong socialists and others will tend to Liberal views with peer pressure outside of the school tending socialist and in the home tending Liberal. So in their first two elections the vote is likely to be 70/30
Category 3 children have a strong Liberal home life and a balanced school situation. However, the peer groups often excercise lateral persuasions and a common result is afections to minority parties. The first two elections are likely to be 50% Liberal and 50% of mixed parties.
At the age of 24+ these children are now adults and many start to think for themselves and challenge their programming.
For some it is the simple fact that they have worked hard, done well and are earning good wages. They wonder why they should pay more tax than the next man for getting the same services for example. They see the trade unions for what they really are. They see taxpayers money squandered on ideology. Many then start to change their minds about who to vote for. Unfortunately ther also are many that go to the grave without challenging their programming.
The result is a huge socialist vote for the under 25's which in time many will change. Of course this is a huge generalisation and individuals can prove their own circumstances to be different. But I have seen this trend over many years. My first two votes were Labour, coming from a working class family where my father was a union convenor it was a predictable vote. But the writing was on the wall. My Father had resigned as a convenor becase he was fighting for 'a fair days pay for a fair days work' and the union said he was wrong. They wanted as much as they could get for doing as little as possible. Still, I could not vote for the opposition because my programming had them as the enemy. The coal mining strike in UK lead by Joe Gormley that brought down the Heath government was my turning point. "How could a trade union be alowed to bring down an elected government, I asked." I still voted Labour but the new leader was Michael Foot, an old guy that looked like a derelict that wore a raincoat that looked 50 years old and had never been cleaned. That was not an image I wanted for a leader. Thatcher came and the mining union tried to bring the government down again. This time not the astute Gormley but a political fool called Scargill who had no care for the miners, only his ideology. He called a strike in the spring time, a time when demand for coal was low. But he caused power cuts during spring and summer. Had he waited until Autumn there is no doubt he would have won but he wanted rid of Thatcher fast and scarificed the whole of the coal mining industry for his socialis/communist ideology. That was the turning point for me. I started to reflect on the nightshift beds at Rover and British Leyland I had seen and the fact that workers were only alowed to manufacture the number of components allowed by the union even though half the day they were left with nothing to do. And many more instances where the caring trade union of the 1930's had become a domineering unaring ideological albatross. Still, although Labour in the UK was influenced by the unions it was controlled by the grass roots members. Not so in Australia where the ACTU effectively is the Labour party. Of course so many left UK after Thatcher defeated Scargill and came here, now pulling the Labour party strings.
Ehhh well, I guess the bible tells us what not to do with our pearls but maybe someone will gain a little understanding and maybe challenge their programming.
. I plan on voting for Libs for Forests, then directing my preferences to the Liberal Party. In the senate I think I will vote for the Nationals, would like to see Hendy Cowan get in, he seems to be a pretty honest politician, which is not something you can say about most. Having spent 20 odd years in the state politics, he knows how to get things done. So yeh, I definitely think your parents play a great part in shaping how you vote.
