Do You Have Galloping Tb

Do you have Galloping TB? Know I don’t mean do you have Galloping Tuberculosis, what I mean is do you have Galloping True Believers Syndrome.

Galloping TB was a phrase first coined by a character played by the actor Billy Bob Thornton in the 1992 film Primary Colours, and what it means in a nut shell is that the general public becomes stare eyed about a particular political leader. While this syndrome is not that common in Australia, it is very common in the United States. We are seeing it right now in relation to the current Republican Vice Presidential hopeful.

Further examples of the Galloping TB Syndrome occurring within the American voting population over the years have been in the 1960, 1972, 1980 and1992 Presidential elections. On each of those occasions a small group of devoted follows of one of the Presidential candidates developed this syndrome which eventually created a movement which infected the whole country and ultimately the outcome of the election. Don’t get me wrong in some cases this had a good impact for America and the world, but more often than not when this syndrome develops within a voting population it will ultimately lead to feeling of disappointment and betrayal when the person they have elected lets them down.

As I said previous Galloping True Believers Syndrome is not as common in Australia, and I believe in part this is because, the Australia psyche has always been one of don’t get to big for you boots or we will cut you down. However in saying that the Australian voting population has not always been completely immune from catching Galloping TB. Examples of where Galloping TB has developed in Australia are with the election of the Labor governments in 1972, 1983, the re-election of the labor government in 1993 and the election of the Coalition government in 1996.

On each of these occasions the parties had a very strong leader who turned the focus of the electorate onto them more than the substantive policy issues. On each of these occasions that leader, the government or both would ultimately crash and burn, when the Australian voting public became disappointed, betrayed and let down. So what are the symptoms of Galloping True Believers Syndrome?

1. You are drawn to what the candidate has in common with you as a person more than what they have to offer on the substantive issues, e.g. you come from the same religion as the candidate.






2. You will agree with the candidate know matter what they say or do.






3. You will ignore anyone else’s opinion of the candidate even if that opinion has some validity.






4. You will go around with blinkers on dismissing other candidate policies and positions simply on the basis that they are from the opposition. And






5. You put the candidate on a pedestal and treat them as god.

So ultimately how do we cure Galloping True Believers Syndrome? Well we can’t really, and that is why it is so dangerous during an election cycle, because it can in some cases lead to the wrong result for the country and the world.

About the Author

My name is Jerome Buck from Wanneroo, Western Australia, I have and continue to take a keen interest in Australian and World Politics

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