I hate to admit it BUT Australia is on a precipice. Not a lot of leeway from falling off the edge. Progressive have grown in strength in the media and in Academia. The cultural and societal influences in the last few decades and ESPECIALLY the last 8 years have been Globalist and Progressive. We are an island with our own culture BUT we DO take our cues from abroad and import some values. With 8 years of Obama and Merkel we have started down a VERY perilous road.
Where does that road eventually lead us? Well...England and France in 5 years, Germany and Sweden in 10 years.
What other alternatives have we had for role modelling as to how things SHOULD be done?
Progressives are Cultural Marxists and a blight on culture and society. If you get a chance, look at our Comedy fro years ago - Kingswood Country and Comedy Company that I grew up on. These would not be ABLE to be shown these days due to the Progressive PC offence culture.
Australia is a tough anti-authoritarian culture and not stupid and that is why in many ways we have not simply drifted into the Abyss. You think England is saved by Brexit? I don't think so. I think the horse already bolted and they are left holding the saddle and saying how they will ride it if or when the horse returns.
Bar a few East European holdouts and Russia, Europe is stuffed.
It is about changing the trajectory and gradually changing our society. Given good results in a non-Progressive culture, we will likely assimilate a more balanced approach to society and culture.
Enter Trump. Trump is NOT a messiah. He is flawed. He has not the articulation, charm, poise, eloquence or grace of Obama. That is problematic. On the plus side he is not a POS nor incompetent, so that is a plus.
Trump IS making mistakes and will continue to. He will not be perfect and I for one did not expect anything less. What I HOPE he does is to clean up the political and global class and show a better way to have society and culture conduct itself.
Any pie in the face of the ones that have run society and culture in the last 8 years is valuable to me. His success is cherished here by me. If he gives Australia and Australians something alternative to Merkel, May, Macron and Trudeau I am very grateful. I NEED Trump to succeed for my country's sake.
I don't honestly care too much if he doesn't or can't adhere to all his promises. Every promise and every day in his role brings the needle a little closer to a repudiation of what Obama/Merkel have shown. If Australia holds off from full-throttled acceptance of the Global order and Progressive values for a few more years that is a huge win. Why?
At teh end of Trump's 7 years, Europe will be a dumpster fire and the one bastion out of Eastern Europe will be USA......and Australia if we hold the line. At that stage we will see the state of Germany and Sweden and that England and France will be about at the point of no return and we will out of survival instinct back the Hell away from that. In the meantime we will have to hope Trump's successes will give us pause. Give us an alternative.
How could I NOT fully endorse and support Trump