The concept of a White Australia was based on what was deem…
The concept of a White Australia was based on what was deemed as success in America. Americas “success” was rooted in industrialisation. Industry sees people as something outside of itself as consumers and it seeks to turn people into industry dependent consumers for its own benefit. Industry depends upon our deoendency on it. Industry includes the element of manufacturing scarcity to create demand for limited resources. “Whiteness” itself is a concept and reality that was manufactured and developed by industrialist leaders. It is something that is feasibly impossible for everyone to achieve and so it is inherently embedded with infinite scarcity. In its very beginnings it was comprised of skin tone and a mastery of a particular type of the “The Queens English”. The designation of “Whiteness” granted privileges when it comes to earning and spending money in exchange but this privilege comes at the cost of time and energy and belief systems that are more geared towards spending and earning rather than the old village mindset which is independent of industry. Industrialists need industry dependent consumers and in the creation of whiteness they were creating the ultimate vehicle for delivering such dependency. If you then zero in on an industrial workweek you have the frustration building up throughout the week dealing with the stress of the hierarchical power-struggles and to meet arbitrary production goals followed by binge drinking on the weekend to provide relief and then the hangover and money sort starts the cycle again. I could elaborate more but I’ll let you chime in at this point to see what you think about this logic so far