The great right hope is that voters are rejecting the hegemony of the cultural elite, not just on the Voice but on all issues. They are mistaken.
The right has a favourite saying: all politics is downstream from culture. What that means is that the people who shape the culture will end up shaping politics., rejecting the Indigenous Voice to parliament proposal put to the people under a Labor government. They see in this moment an indication that Australians are finally fed up with having their culture shredded and trashed by progressives’ reckless momentum. They believe that Australians have realised how destructive progressivism is.
The right is delighted. For years, it has complained that big business speaks over individual employees when it distributes progressive opinions like confetti. From “DE&I” to “ESG” corporates and institutions have introduced acronyms to tell employees what social causes they are to get behind and how. Now all of a sudden, since
The fact that elites from business, the arts, and even different political traditions are teaming up reinforces the notion of a unified cultural elite which possesses all the financial clout and all the social power. There is a distinctly Marie Antoinette before the first French Revolution feel to many of the Yes campaign photos. Take the photo of Sydney and Melbourne Lord Mayors Sally Capp and Clover Moore.
But the invisible Australians are not hanging out to join the culture wars. They don’t have their pitchforks out for progressives. They just want their lives not to be a constant struggle. People with jobs are being forced to rely on food banks. At the same time support for the Voice slumps, polls suggest voters are increasingly saying they’ll vote for non-major parties. In the last election, the major parties lost votes to “other” – the Greens, teals and independents. That trend is continuing.
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