John Quiggin made an interesting point the other day that explains why the Australian Labor Party caucus is no longer the cream of the working class:
In 1945, the largest single occupational group in Australia (and an archetypal group of Labor supporters) were railwaymen (there were almost no women in the industry).
By the 1970s, the largest occupational group, also becoming the archetypal group of Labor supporters. were schoolteachers.
Quiggin was not making the point I am making, but his data was instructive.
The traditional labour voter of days gone by was socially conservative, fiscally conservative, strict on educational standards and believed in hard work, self-improvement and being frugal. They agreed with Dalton Trumbo who said:
I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Nov 08, 2014 @ 13:31:12
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How some are approaching life~
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