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From Doge to Smoge, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2025
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He’s going to get in. I kept telling myself that Trump will never win. Common sense will surely prevail. Twice!
This time, even in Australia with compulsory voting, he’s going to win. He’s going to lie and obfuscate and shriek like a banshee about some confected emotional issues, over and over again. All backed by mainstream media 🤮
For what it's worth, dont fall into any resignation that we mirror the US. Yes, we do in far too many ways, but take Clive Palmer as a simple counter example. Dutton doesnt have the (for lack of the correct word) presense and charisma of Trump either.
Furthermore, parties outside of the Coalition and Labor are on a sharp rise. We don't have the US FPTP system where the only viable choices of president are (frankly) another two bad candidates, evidenced by the lower US voter turnout for both parties. Here, the crossbench is a real option, growing year on year.
My point being, our material and legal circumstances are different. Education can actually make enough of a difference to at least move forward, even if it's another shit Labor reign.
Your point about the independents is a good one; I was incredibly heartened by their emergence last election.
I would dearly love to see more of them (in fact I’ve seen placard wavers in my neck of the, previously independent-free, woods) and hope they have the resources to combat the incoming LNP bullshit!
Good to hear!
(That said, always remember to check of independents before voting. A few of them are recent Coalition/Labor party members who left over a certain issue, some are just as bad. Luckily I've seen more good than bad ones)