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Article: Kicking against the pricks: analysing the Greens 2004 election result.(Election Roundup)
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- Arena Magazine
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- December 1, 2004
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The sixteenth-century Italian philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli frequently expressed the sentiment, 'If you want to change the world, prepare to feel the full force of the reaction against you from those that have the most to lose'. If the last federal election is anything to go by, the Greens need to dust off the tomes of serious political philosophy and prodigiously arm themselves against conservative forces waiting to pounce the moment the Greens' rise begins to feel like a serious threat to those with their hands on power.
The federal election saw the evidence again borne out that John Howard is nothing if not a great political survivor. But the gleam of his ...