My Manifesto: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman

It annoys me that we in this country so often copy other countries ways of doing things, particulary, the american way of doing things. Companies here look at the way an american company does something for the first year when they implement a new system, it works, they then implement it here. The year after the system has been implemented in the american company they realise that it is failing, and adopt a new strategy. The Australian company is still working because it is in it's first year. The second year, they fail. The problem is that five or six other Australian companies have seen the first Australian company working for its first year, so again, they all copy the strategy, and again, in the second year fail dismally. Do they not understand? Do they not look around them? Do they not care about long-term trends?

Often what happens is that we implement a "new system" based on an overseas system, however, by the time we implement the system the overseas systems have failed and they are implementing new ones. eg. privatisation. We often hear about how fantastic the privatisation of the electrical grid worked in America - do they forget Enron? Have they not noticed that the most successful electrical grid networks are still state owned? Do the government buy-backs in America mean nothing?

The American systems are obviously failing in many aspects. America is running scared. They know their time is limited. If the American way was such a success they would not need to be raping, pillaging, and plundering other countries.

On the other hand, the Europeans, have many fresh ideas that we could always look into implementing. Asian marketing methodology is also sound in some aspects. Why do we forget what the rest of the world has to offer and merely follow the American model? America is a very introspective country - they do not look outside the square. Infact, they do not look outside their own country very often at all. As far as new ideas go - they are very limited. Not in comparision to Australian ideas - of which the current situations show we have absolutely none of own - but relatively speaking compared to other regions, the Americans are lacking.

Why do we not think for ourselves? If we must adapt models to suit us - why do we not learn from others mistakes instead of making the same ones?