Episode 30 - How To Avoid Consumer Politics And Be A Good Citizen

Sean Jacobs

For this episode I'm joined by Sam Rebecchi - a Melbourne-based communications adviser and part-time writer for the Spectator Blog. I saw his recent Spectator article - 'Shock News: politics and consumer goods are two different things' - as a good opportunity to talk about the elevation of consumption politics, the evacuation of values from public life, and the perceived lack of distinction between the two major Australian political parties. Politics, he concludes, has sadly been reduced to nothing more than the goods on our shelves. Tune in to hear how we can turn this around, the path to good citizenship and building strong communities.