The globalisation of our economy is a 20th Century phenomenon that has attracted much commentary in the past, yet it would seem the concept of post-nationalism is not at the forefront of the Australian public mind. This is unfortunate, for it is a development that is gradually having a major impact on our lives.
Post-nationalism is the logical progression of a philosophy of failed multiculturalism.
Properly understood, multiculturalism is the acceptance of foreign cultures into the host nation in a way that allows them to maintain their own traditions and beliefs without harming the host nation’s fundamental values and way of life.
In the latter part of the 20th Century, Australian immigration was still fitting the above definition: migrants, such as myself, brought their own culture to this land but in a manner that enriched Australian culture. It was not inimical to the fundamental Judaeo-Christian values on which our country had been established. For instance, new foods, new types of entertainment, and new sports were introduced, adding to Australia without subtracting from those already in vogue.
In more recent years, the Australian brand of multiculturalism has, unfortunately, metamorphosed into something quite different, resembling more closely the definition provided by Encyclopedia Britannica:
‘Multiculturalism is the view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgement of their differences within a dominant political culture.’
Indeed, it is by espousing this particular definition of multiculturalism that our country has fallen into the trap of fostering the very group identities and group values that define the Woke movement.
From thereon, it has not been difficult to allow philosophies originating from outside our shores to influence and fashion a new way of thinking.
This is what post-nationalism is all about. It is a phenomenon that originates from outside the nation and outside its borders. It is beyond our shores and it comes in, often uninvited, and it starts remodelling the values of our nation.
This is not a new issue: already in 1998, the German philosopher Jurgen Habermas discussed post-nationalism in his Die Postnationale Konstellation, later on translated into English under the title The Postnational Constellation. In that book, Habermas acknowledged that globalisation was not going to disappear, and that Europe was likely to become a constellation of post-national states, as evidenced by the formation of the European Union, established five years prior to the publication of his work in 1993.
Like many European countries, Australia has now given in to the post-national world.
Australia is no longer a distant colonial bastion of Mother England. It boasts a highly cosmopolitan population and is influenced in its economic and cultural makeup by Asia, Europe, and the United States. Above all, however, it is influenced by a new way of thinking that continues to put pressure on our institutions but which does not originate from within our borders.
Take, for instance, the UN International Covenant on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNICRIP) to which Australia has been a signatory since the days of Gough Whitlam. This is a document embedded in extreme ideology. Space does not allow us to go through each of its articles but reference to Article 5 should suffice to make the point: Article 5 of UNICRIP specifically states that indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination and to run their ‘distinct, political, legal, economic, social, and cultural institutions … whilst retaining their right, if they so choose, to participate fully in the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the State’.
In other words, create a separatist autonomous political state within the nation of Australia and whilst Australia has not yet (mercifully) incorporated the full text of the UNCRIP into our domestic law, it is clear that this type of United Nations agreement is influencing many of our local institutions.
As leading Australian investigative journalist, Janet Albrechtsen recently wrote ‘the separatist spirit of the Voice lives on in thousands of corporate action programs’ and many of our leading corporate institutions, such as BHP and Coles, have adopted a Reconciliation Action Plan approved by Reconciliation Australia, a body funded by the Federal Government, which in turn promotes the ideology of the UNICRIP Convention, even if unconsciously.
Australia is also undoubtedly influenced by China.
The Chinese Confucius Institutes that are present on many of our Australian university campuses provide an influence that exceeds that of simple language learning and which promotes also a culture that does not align well with traditional Australian values.
This continuing assault on our previously well entrenched Australian values has bring much instability, division, anxiety, and insecurity among a large number of ordinary Australians and this is giving rise to a new type of ‘forgotten’ people alienated both by elected representatives not interested in listening and by international institutions that wish to impose diametrically opposed values to their own.
Where is all this leading us? Without wishing to be alarmist, probably to a form of ‘one world government’. Many of us still dismiss the concept as being over alarmist or verging on conspiracy, and whilst I do not subscribe to the view that a single mortal human being will ever preside over the government of the entire world, I am still of the view that we are already witnessing the dawn of world government, compliments of post-nationalism.
Indeed, the expansion of post-nationalism is largely fuelled by the propagation of the new Woke moral order and of its distinctive values. Once this philosophy becomes the new gospel of at least a majority of the so-called leading nations of the world, once the separate and individual decisions of most governments on this planet are aligned with the values of a new Woke morality, we can imagine that most outcomes will be the same as if a single invisible hand were guiding the decisions and behaviours of the peoples of the world. One world with one mindset would then be the mark of what we understand by world government. No democracy as we understand it, but a totalitarian regime where people might still foolishly believe they have a say in the affairs of their country, unaware that they have become the very puppets of a new world order.
As whilst this is unfolding progressively, the very essence of our Australian democracy continues to be under attack.