On Line Opinion - Political Philosophy http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=liberty Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 Why the Communist idea still matters editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sam Ben-Meir) What if the real triumph of capitalism is convincing us no alternative is imaginable? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23987 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23987 Mon, 18 May 2026 07:59:07 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23987 On Line Opinion How to transform Australian foreign, economic and defence policies from mindlessness to mindfulness? editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ordan Andreevski) Has Australia become trapped in inherited alliances, elite thinking and failed orthodoxies? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23981 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23981 Thu, 14 May 2026 08:16:32 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23981 On Line Opinion Can money be removed from politics? editor@onlineopinion.com.au (David Leyonhjelm) No donations, strict caps, taxpayer-funded campaigns: South Australia is running a world-first experiment in democracy. Will it restore trust or entrench incumbents? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23940 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23940 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:33:36 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23940 On Line Opinion After creation: Frankenstein and the burden of what we make editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sam Ben-Meir) Mary Shelley warned about creation without responsibility. In the age of AI, climate change and algorithms, the monster is already among us. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23896 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23896 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:07:42 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23896 On Line Opinion One battle after another and the seduction of endless struggle editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sam Ben-Meir) Resistance can be enjoyed. Endurance can replace change. Žižek and Badiou on our politics of repetition. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23873 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23873 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:35:17 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23873 On Line Opinion Is the MAHA movement building a genuine counter-elite? editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Renaud Beauchard) Covid shattered trust in our elites. Now MAHA seeks not power for its own sake, but a politics restrained by Orwell’s 'common decency'. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23859 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23859 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:23:36 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23859 On Line Opinion Why are leaders still important in modern day politics? editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Scott Prasser) Attrition, ambush or resignation. Leadership spills now define Australian politics. The Liberals’ crisis is less anomaly than symptom. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23857 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23857 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:07:29 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23857 On Line Opinion Martin Luther King Jr. and the courage of universality editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sam Ben-Meir) The King we honour today is safe, moral, and misleading. The King who mattered challenged capitalism, empire, and order. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23828 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23828 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:04:45 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23828 On Line Opinion Sanctioning fever: the United States, European Union and free speech editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) When Brussels and Washington start banning critics from crossing borders, free speech stops being a principle and becomes a geopolitical weapon. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23792 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23792 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:31:17 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23792 On Line Opinion Brazen lies told to the public: Why do so many people suspend disbelief, and authorities do nothing? editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Brendan O'Reilly) When governments, universities and media protect falsehoods instead of facts, deception becomes policy and dissent becomes heresy. Australia is living the consequences. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23786 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23786 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:22:34 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23786 On Line Opinion