Australia, its people and its future.
The parts
A nation is an identifiable people group, with a distinct character, culture, Constitution, common language, rule of law and geographical location with borders. Australia meets that definition.
The people of a nation in the past may have had a particular common genetic ancestry, (genotype) with individuals generally recognisable on the basis of similarity of appearance in physical characters (phenotype). Over history, waves of wars and conquest, migration and territorial expansion may have diluted such similarity of appearance. Australia has a changing ethnic composition as migrants arrive from various nations.
Australia’s distinct character, culture, Constitution, common language and rule of law originated in Great Britain as an Anglo-Celtic society.
As an island nation on a single continent Australia has distinct borders.
Australia as a nation began on 1st of January 1901 as a federation of States, originally being English colonies, approved by the English parliament.
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The whole idea
Australia is one of the newest nations on Earth, not even 150 years old. Many waves of migration and settlement in the past, starting perhaps with two genetically distinct races of “Mungo Man” known as fossil skeletons, have brought people to this island continent.
As many as 600 Aboriginal tribes with separate languages arrived from Asia in separate waves and lived here in recent millennia.
European migrants from 1788 were the main basis of the population growth of the 18th and 19th Centuries and were organised on the basis of Western Civilisation with English Constitutional government. The 20th Century since 1945 brought another wave of migrants from other nations and cultures to find a home here. The Vietnamese flight from Communism in 1975 saw many refugees find a home in Australia with Australian cultural values with which they identified.
Cultural integration and assimilation were the basis on which such migrants succeeded as Australian citizens.
Migrants seeking Australian citizenship now pledge allegiance to our nation and our people.
All Australian citizens need to understand what it means to be a citizen. It is a critical part of building our nation.
Unity is strength and division is weakness. Our national objective is to grow as a nation united by the Judaeo-Christian values of Western Civilisation, not divided by competing and incompatible cultural structures, worldview and values.
We may have people of many ethnicities but need to operate as a single unified culture.
“Multiculturalism” has proved to be divisive and a social failure.
Making the citizenship pledge is a public commitment to Australia. It means that they are accepting the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship.
If you learn the meaning behind the pledge, you will begin to understand what Australian citizenship means.
The Pledge of Citizenship
From this time forward, under God,
I pledge my loyalty to Australia and its people,
whose democratic beliefs I share,
whose rights and liberties I respect, and
whose laws I will uphold and obey.
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Biblical origins
Humanity has a single genetic origin and presumably a single cultural origin. The Tower of Babel incident illustrates the process and consequences of segregation into tribes based on language and consequently cultures.
The term “nation” was applied to large nations such as Egypt and small entities such as city-states, each with a king or emperor.
Even the Koran recognises Israel as a nation (Surah 5:20 ff) with its own capital city of Jerusalem and lineage of kings.
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The moral imperative
The moral imperative for citizens born as Australians is to defend, honour and value our national identity as proud Australians.
The moral imperative for migrants is to make the citizenship pledge truthfully and live consistently with that.
All Australians have a responsibility to defend our nation from both internal and external threats in whatever form such threats arise.
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Application
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Loyalty and patriotism are shown by aspiration, love of the nation, faith in the country and a need for belonging.
Aspiration is shown by people who work hard, follow the rule of law and expect to be rewarded for their effort.
The people proclaim identity with a nation by allegiance to a Constitution, acceptance of rule of law, a National Anthem and participation in military defence when faced with external aggression. Internal disruption is viewed as sedition, disloyalty, betrayal and similar descriptions. Traitors face severe sanctions in a justice system or worse at the hands of patriots.
A sovereign nation may with integrity make trade agreements with other nations but not delegate rule of law to an external agency such as the United Nations or the World Court.
Here is what you get from the Australian values statement:
Freedom to appropriately own Firearms. Marxists want to disarm the population.
Freedom of speech. For example, speaking biological truth about sex and gender is not hate speech.
Loyalty recognises commitment to promises and covenants. It underlies virtues of patriotism and the free choice of sacrifice for the group. It is active any time people feel that its “one for all and all for one’.
Migrants who are granted citizenship are expected to be living out their oath of allegiance to Australian culture by leaving behind the values, culture and conflicts of their previous homes. Those who fail to do so need to return to their country and culture of origin.
Mr Reg Court (Kurrajong, NSW) writes: Middle Australia is made up of people who go to work every day, who raise children, who pay taxes, who volunteer, who take responsibility, who want to better their lives for themselves and for their kids. They are the engine room of this country. They see it as grossly unfair that “their taxes are used to subsidize people who won’t get out and work, who won’t take responsibility for bettering their lives, who won’t take responsibility for their kids and who want everything for nothing” (Richard Ferguson interview with Sir Lynton Crosby, Weekend Australian, November 2-3, 2024).
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The view and values of the Left of politics
The Left desires open borders and other means to dismantle all forms of national sovereignty.
“Solidarity” is the totalitarian loyalty, a requirement for suppression of dissent.
There is no basis for honouring commitments.
The concept of loyalty is not a universal or enduring value of the Left.
Similarly, ‘patriotism’ is redefined by Socialism as ‘solidarity’, applied not to the Nation but to the ‘people’.
Socialists desire Australia and other nations to cede sovereignty to foreign organisations such as the United Nations.
Tanya Plibersek has defined patriotism as the Marxist term ‘solidarity’. In the Marxist framework solidarity requires group-think, conformity to dogma and allows no dissent or debate. She says “Patriotism, like mateship, is about solidarity.” (Speech to the Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony. Sydney Opera House, 26 January 2020)
‘Multiculturalism’ is a means to break down social cohesion in a nation.
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