The Australian Retailers Association and Australian Sporting Goods Association are 'self-righteously' claiming that Harvey Norman and Myer were silly to proceed with their GST campaign. They label it as a 'public relations nightmare'. The problem is not just these two companies, its the pragmatism or 'moral relativism' of the industry associations as well. They are no better. This is not a 'perceptions' problem. There is no good way to increase taxes. The disaster for these two companies was not standing for an idea or principle; but rather for a 'self-serving agenda' which entailed extortion or the use of force through government...be it at the interests of consumers or anyone. Doing it during Xmas or recession is a side issue. That just elevates the level of hostility.
There is a broader problem here of business being 'anti-principled', concrete-bound idiots only interested in making money, at the expense of 'minds'. They repress such concerns because of the political context in which they minimalise the importance of ideas by pursuing concrete 'materialistic' agendas. The misdirection of these complaints unfortunately leads us to a socialistic backlash; as if we need another collectivist revolution. That is the paradox...socialism undermines people's capacity to think, and we then get a reactionary political movement towards more government because people are injured by collectivist government. The so-called self-perpetuating myth.
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