Ethical Leadership: An Oxymoron? - Eva Cox

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/13/HOPE_2010_Crisis_Catharsis_Renewal

Social commentator and activist Eva Cox condemns the tendency of politicians to prey on voters' fear and anxiety in order to win elections. "Fear is the antidote of hope," Cox says, arguing for sharing and fairness rather than scaremongering.

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What do you hope for in 2010? When the Sydney Festival and ABC's Radio National posed that question to nine panelists, including a social justice activist, an indigenous leader, a university vice-chancellor who is also a priest, a Sudanese refugee and a recorder player, there were some very interesting answers.

Noel Pearson hopes a functional Australian republic will follow successful reconciliation. Yar Mayen hopes that her new life in Australia will be successful and peaceful. Millie Rooney hopes for a bumper crop of heirloom tomatoes. Get your hopes up: this event is full of ideas that will get you thinking about your future.

This event was filmed in the Angel Place Recital Hall, Sydney and was presented by the Sydney Festival and ABC Radio National, and is part of an ongoing Radio National project to get listeners to offer their hopes, fears and dreams for 2010.

Eva Cox AO is an Austrian-born Australian writer, feminist, sociologist, social commentator, and activist. She has been an active advocate for creating more civil societies. She is a long term member of Women's Electoral Lobby. She is now involved in projects looking at social and ethical accounting for responsible business enterprises.

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[Mastikator]

Voting is like praying, a very important part of a religious movement that ultimately has no effect on the real world.

[substanti8]

@return135

Despite what you say, hating the state does not preclude voting. By not voting, you lose one of the very few tools you have to sabotage the state. I suggest you consider casting votes for "protest candidates" or write-in candidates. Or just write "Homer Simpson" on the line.

Regarding democracy in general, you seem to be conflating it with statism, which is simply incorrect. Democracy is "rule by the people" -- which need not occur on a large scale.

[tittymumma]

Self righteous cow !!!!

[return135]

@substan, do you understand what private property is? do you understand what a market is? i dont think you do. do you know what the soviets, mao's china, and the russian revolution did? they tried to take away all private property and eliminate the market by giving the state control over resources. what resulted? millions of people dying.

[substanti8]

@sexyloser

In the context of this conversation, I think those are more accurately called possessions, whereas property is land.

[sexyloser]

Probably. I'm sure they didn't appreciate if another member of their tribe took their tools or their share of the food.

[substanti8]

@return135

"without a market we're all basically dying on the streets"

If the absence of private property causes death, does that mean our paleolithic ancestors had private property too?

[thesparitan]

i agree

[return135]

private property built civilization. without private property there can be no rational economic calculation, thus a market does not exist. and without a market were all basically dying on the streets.

[return135]

why voting is supporting the state: watch?v=igbBItLemsM

the democratic process with a state or any sort of coercive monopoly is statism. you cant refute that.

[substanti8]

@classicallady

One can make a solid argument that private property rights are the root of all inequity in the modern world. My understanding is that the Enclosure Act paved the way for capitalism.

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