I know there are others out there who don’t agree with the current union strategy. What we are seeing is a classic case of “group think”. I will give you the classic symptoms (Google it for yourself – it is quite interesting):
1. Illusion of invulnerability – we believe we are invincible
2. Tendency to moralise – oppositions to the unions position is viewed as weak, evil or unintelligent
3. Feeling of unanimity – all members share the leaders vision. Rather than appearing weak, members keep opposing views to themselves. This is due to the pressure of group solidarity and can distort the judgement of individual members.
4. Pressure to conform – formal and informal attempts are made to prevent divergent views
5. Opposing ideas dismissed – group members show favouritism to their own ideas
This phenomena isn’t just our issue, the same clowns who caused the GFC were also victim to this as they collectively didn’t want to see that something was wrong. We need to change course before New Piper’s predictions come true.