Student debt, the left’s next big campaign

There is barely anything original in Australian universities.  And by original, I don’t mean research, but rather how the university student and academic culture evolves.  They all take their cues from America.  Give it a little bit of time, and like a virus travelling over the Pacific Ocean, it will hit our shores.

From their prayers to the gods of wokeness, to their hostility to classical and western canon, to their affinity for socialism and communism, they take their lead from the radicalism of American campuses.  Ironic given their dislike for imperialist America yet they have all the symptoms.  De-platforming.  Identity politics.  Safe spaces.  You know the deal.

While this lack of originality is both…