Unconfirmed: I may just rhymed "bullshit" with "bullshit" in a first ever for total bullshit from an election.
FTFY: "either party"
Vote anything but the main two parties. The two that are ostensibly our "choices" are structurally similar. It's like they are treating us like two year olds: giving us "choices" which lead to the same desired outcome.
You will likely achieve a similar outcome by just telling people who might have forgotten to "get out and vote". You seem to want change and most "people that always vote" do not want change. All you need to do is convince more people to vote and it is likely that those voters will align with your goals.
It reminds me of the Rock the Vote campaign. Just activate the sleeping voters. Get change.
Mad man yelling at the moon:
WTFC? National and Labour are both neoliberal parties that are robbing us blind. Labour just attempts to make it seem a little less painful. National finds support in "different ways". I really don't care which parties are meeting with gang members. I would expect them to interact with gang members to understand how to better fold them into society. This bullshit "gotcha" photo bullshit just shows that the parties are grasping for anything that might change their election outcomes without actually changing their policies which might improve the lives of most people. Fuck the politics. Fuck this stupid fight. Fuck the media for platforming it. It does not matter.
Please consider voting for neither Labour or National. They've been bending us over for the last 40 years. It's been consistently getting worse, not better. Let's change it.
In the future, consider using the real title of the article for you post's title.
They could but they can’t do everything.
My point is that they aren't doing anything. In my first post I used the word "impotence". They have lost the ability to lead. There is a power vacuum being slurped up by the 3rd parties. If Labour doesn't reinvent itself and actually do something then they risk being relegated to the periphery. Super easy starting point: Shift the tax burden from productive to non-productive.
This is so frustrating because it seems like their neoliberal core prevents them from doing very rational things that would benefit their base. They have the research and just choose to ignore it.
When something doesn't make sense like this then some potential options are incompetence and ... what else?
Is PieFed "better" than Lemmy in the sense that there is more / different content? It looks like there are distinct / different posts when I browse it.
This is straight up disingenuine.
We used to have this as part of the Commerce Act: https://youtu.be/pONRoLttdaU?t=1635
EDIT: That entire episode is worth a listen if you have the time.
I'd be happy with saving ~$3b a year by means testing super.
While they are at it they could remove the landlords' interest deductions to save another ~$2b.
Perhaps we could spend this money of paying nurses enough so they want to stay here instead of move to Oz.
Please see rule #1.
I really wish Labour would see that the electorate has figured out that neoliberal policies don't make our lives better. They are in the perfect position to lead us through the changes that are coming. Their refusal to acknowledge the need for structural change reminds me of the impotence of the American democrats.
The old tricks aren't working anymore. They need to reinvent themselves based on what the Millenials and later actually want. Basically: stop robbing young people and giving it to the retirees.
Sorry for the rant. It's just frustrating to watch.
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