John Macrae - Patriots vs Elites

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I’m excited to bring you this passionate, old‑school speech from John Macrae (sometimes credited as John McCray) — an automotive engineer, farmer and former coalminer who’s spent his life in transport, agriculture and country communities. John rips into the modern elite, quoting an alarming 1924 US extract about capital protecting itself and predicting how financial power would make ordinary people ‘more docile’. He argues that taxes, tariffs, treaties and the family law courts have been used to sidestep our constitution and common law, wrecking manufacturing, farming and small business. John also reminds us of proud Australian achievements — the Commonwealth Bank’s role, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, and world‑class manufacturing — and laments how those strengths were undermined by centralised wealth and political manoeuvring. This is a grassroots, no‑frills address for anyone frustrated with elites, protective of our industries, and keen to defend civil liberties. If you care about Australian sovereignty, rural prosperity and honest debate, this talk is essential listening.

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Raw, frank and unapologetic — John Macrae (John McCray in the footage) takes the mic in this hard‑hitting panel talk and lays out a lifetime’s worth of concern about how moneyed elites have shaped modern Australia. John introduces a chilling 1924 US extract about capital and control, then links that historical perspective to more recent shifts here: taxes, tariffs, treaties and the family law system, he says, have all been used to bypass our constitution and common law. As an automotive engineer, farmer and former coalminer, John speaks from experience about what centralised power has done to our transport, farming and manufacturing base.

He celebrates real Aussie achievements — the Commonwealth Bank’s legacy, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, continental rail projects and a once‑thriving manufacturing sector — and asks why we allowed those strengths to be hollowed out. This is grassroots commentary, not polished political spin: stories from country towns, industry memories and plain‑spoken warnings about the rise of an ‘imperialism of capital’. If you’re fed up with elite institutions, protective of Australian industry and curious about how history echoes in today’s policy choices, you’ll want to hear this.

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