I'm not familiar with Australian politics, but as for the others, what do you mean? We have had both liberal and conservative governments the last 30-40 years. This, again, has little to do with the mainstream culture, which was my original point.
As for explaining to you why neoliberalism has triumphed, well I recommend that you start here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
>Have you even read Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky?
Yes, and it had quite an effect on me when I was in college, and utterly ignorant of history. A lot has changed now, and while much of the book is still good, Chomsky has lost his credibility as a cultural critic following the embarrassment of his analyses about a few corners of the world...:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO1JkjbzvPw
Not to mention the Cambodia/Khmer Rouge situation, which should have tipped me off earlier. But I was naive then.
>You do realise that liberal and liberalism means keeping the government out of people's lives....
I understand well what the words mean, friend-o.