• Gbagginsthe3rd@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    They don’t bother being discreet. The rich are only interested in helping the rich.

    Elections are the illusion of choice.

    You don’t become a political leader without forming many ties to the rich and powerful.

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      All elections, or just elections in liberal democracies? I can’t think of any major Marxist country that didn’t do some form of representational democracy, even if the elections are just a formality. China does it. The Soviet Union did it. They didn’t make elections dissappear, they just kept politicians that disagreed with the party line from running.

      In large societies, not every decision can be made through direct democracy, so we need someone to make those decisions. Why not have a legislature? Is a group of unelected decision makers better?

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    The Tories were always about handing out public money to mates and it’s insane that people still don’t see it. Why else would you go into public life instead of working at your dad’s firm?

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    If straw clutching was an Olympic event, he’d be in with a chance of the gold there.

    Just over a year until he has to call an election. A year more of these arseholes. The just lost a seat they’d had for 90 years. It’s going to be a massacre and I can’t wait.

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      Also salt the earth for next govt…if they slash the income when the next party that they paint as fiscally poor can’t balance a budget without tax increases they can say told you so, even though sunak have wrecked it

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      May as well openly shift some money to the ultra-rich.

      This is an alcoholic declaring “fuck it, I’m going to drink the whole bottle” – they were always going to, they’re just dropping the facade.

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        What can this portfolio do?

        Can it solve the housing problem?

        Can it help fight climate change?

        Can it feed the people?

        Can it decrease discrimination?

        Can it do anything besides looking nice?

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          They’re not worried about any of that. They know we’re fucked. They know millions will die, be displaced, starve. They only care to protect themselves and set themselves up to be kings of the future hellscspe. The end

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          And can’t even do the last one, it’ll just piss people off, but they don’t care at this point.

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    8 months ago

    At first I was surprised this wasn’t an Onion article, and then I wasn’t.