Political Memes

Freedom of press is not the same as being “forced” to listen to it.

The US has always had demagogues and tabloids. Let them keep spewing stuff, that’s part of the deal.

The problem now is that the current forums (social media) aren’t fair public spaces, but biased, engagement driven hellholes unfairly shielded by the law; the far-right is just particularly good at exploiting it. They thrive because their content is being prioritized in feeds over good sources (because it’s algorithmically engaging).

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Ford goes national, party factions hard, reverse Reform Party lol, reconciles under Ford, Canada gets its Trump years, not months, after the US swings right as is tradition.

Sigh. I hate this. We are so fucked and climate and H5N1 aren’t on fucking pause.

Labor are far more receptive to change through public pressure than the Libs. So we're off to a good start.

You're right of course. But I'm gonna enjoy the morning-after glow for just a day.

I really hope I'm wrong.

You're not, historically-speaking. The only preventative measures these countries can take is to prevent people getting a controlling amount of wealth so begin with. The people currently in power are not just going to give it up; either they will shift towards fascism and/or they will try to sabotage any and all socialist movements, usually either by trying to make them social democrats instead, or they try to discredit the organizations by calling them extremists, niche, and not covering them on the newsmedia.

Right now, we're facing fascism in many countries due to the wealthy/powerful working overtime since at least Thatcher/Reagan to deregulate and make the wealthy more wealthy and specifically to make the middle class disappear so everyone will be poor.

The wealthy relies on a reserve army of labor to exploit their workers. Without desparation, workers might start asking for stuff like "rights" and "a livage wage."

Another issue is people en masse won't fight for any injustice unless it personally affects them. A big reason why is explained in the paragraph above about desparation.

Empathy is a learned skill, and capitalism actively discourages empathy just by the way it functions. Even pro-capitalist people will agree to this point, but they will phrase it as "greed is good."

Don't get me wrong, I am by no means under the impression Labor is a sinless, flawless, perfect party; or that Albanese is some Saint of a man who can do no evil.

Disclaimer: I am no political expert, and this is all my personal opinion based off my understanding of the bill. (I am also (usually) pretty pessimistic myself, increasingly so these last few years) but this is honestly the brightest spark of something that could not only help Australia in a way that prevents/could help shield us from the worst of the Mad Max timeline, but could also potentially help the rest of the world (how this all plays out, well I suppose we'll see).

But the "Future Made In Australia" Bill (I know, a little nationalistic sounding for my liking as well... wait, don't leave yet, plez ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ) is a massive step in the right direction - especially in comparison to the current state of Trumpastan.

The "general gist" of the bill (along with committing a $22.7 Billion Dollar government investment over the next decade) is:

• A net-zero economy, and aiming to utilise it to set Australia as the "Renewable Energy Powerhouse" of the future. They've realised to do this, public investment will be needed.

• Recognising the importance of domestic capability, but instead of you know, starting tariff wars as a "solution"; they're forcing the tying of our Mining Industry's (known for bottomless pockets, and literally zero fucks given for Australia's people or it's future) money, with the Manufacturing industry (known for being one of the most unionised industries in the country) and using it to bankroll this net-zero development. AKA: tying some of our largest private sector money to renewable energy only and investing it in the people and working class - as well as ensuring it's to the benefit of future generations. This also makes it INCREDIBLY hard to undo in the future.

• Investing in it's people and future by promoting safer, more secure and higher paying jobs with better working conditions, as well as developing more skilled and inclusive workforces (by investing in skills development and creating more job opportunities through building this net-zero goal and the steps it will require).

• Supporting First Nations communities and traditional owners by engaging collaboratively to ensure a positive outcome for their communities; while also encouraging their participation, and ensuring that they share in the benefits of, the transition to net-zero (this also includes any other communities directly affected by the transition)

• Strengthening our domestic industrial capabilities for the future, through strengthening our local supply chains.

• Increasing transparency and compliance of tax affairs, including  benefits received under supports provided by this bill.

People see or hear the word "Private Investment", stop reading, and jump straight to "neolib", in turn weakening the word. I believe in this case, it's also missing the forest for the tree's.

Is it driven by the noblest of values? Probably not. Will it work? Like I said at the beginning, we'll find out, but even if it doesn't - at least we're finally trying something different for a change, something positive. If that can't provide any optimism, I'd argue that's bordering on doomerism and gives a whiff of "why even bother am I rite lol".

The bill has passed both houses, Labor won by a landslide, the Opposition Leader lost his own seat and quit politics; leaving our conservative (opposition) party leaderless. Murdoch's propaganda machine failed spectacularly.

Trumpet of Patriots spent millions, and (thus far) for their efforts have... 0 seats and less than 1.9% of the vote).

Australia has spoken, and we have said "why the fuck would we want anything to do with that, cunt?" to ~~The Art Of The Deal US-brand of politics~~ fascism.

The bill as passed, if anyones curious to read more.