Comment on Albanese's politics of patience: Democracy needs mature leadership
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 2 days agoAlbanese is considered to be on the left-wing of the Labor party. He’s extremely cautious and with good reason. Culture wars, tax reform, and defying America are all election losers.
If you want to see someone who has no values look at Gillard. She couped Rudd by offering to drop the taxes on mining corpos, governed based on spectacle rather than long-term outcomes, and now spends her days campaigning on behalf of Israel last I checked.
Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
He can hid behind a veil of caution all he wants, it doesn’t change the fact he’s getting people killed and ruining lives for a lot of people. He isn’t being patient anyway, he’s actively making a lot of stuff significantly worse and betrayed even the most hardcore Labor supports I know.
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
What is he doing that’s getting people killed?
Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
For a start:
…com.au/billions-in-israel-defence-contracts-put-…
…com.au/more-gas-labor-amps-it-up-past-twenty-fos…
He doesn’t have morals. He’s another corporate boot licker with a vague excuse.
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
The Israel story doesn’t allege any Labor wrongdoing other than the Elbit/Hanwha deal. There was a non-response from the Department of Defense but I wouldn’t expect them to respond. The Elbit/Hanwha deal is a bit of a misnomer, because it was a deal with Hanwha that Elbit was subcontracted in. The decision to employ Elbit was that of Hanwha, while they didn’t actively push against it they also didn’t initiate it. This is all me just skimming so take what I say with a grain of salt.
You gotta remember that America owns us, and Israel owns America. Actively (rather than passively) boycotting Israeli arms manufacturers would likely put our system at risk without materially affecting Israel’s ability to shoot fish in a barrel.
The fossil fuel approvals, I can’t find a credible source debunking those claims and can’t be bothered looking into the details. I need to know why Labor would approve new fossil fuel projects because I don’t buy the narrative that they’re evil and/or corrupt. Until I know the reason I can’t consider the story credible.
The salmon farming thing was obviously an election promise to get Tasmanian seats. It ultimately proved unnecessary because Dutton fumbled the campaign so catastrophically but if he goes back on his word that’d hurt future elections.
prex@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Yeah, we’re much better off with…
…Sussan Ley?