Comment on Referendum Results, Congratulations, Comiserations

• Whirlybird@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  100% incorrect.

  I would have voted yes if we were guaranteeing something to indigenous people that would actually be guaranteed to help, like 10 senate seats or something. A new indigenous government agency that gives indigenous people money and say over all indigenous things.

  You know what would also really help? Details about the thing I’m voting on, not a vague “just leave the details to us, the government, who have shown we’re not to be trusted over and over again”.

  Voting for the voice as it was was essentially maintaining the status quo while being able to pat ourselves on the back and tell ourselves we saved the indigenous people.

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  • GombeenSysadmin@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Could it not have been a start? Now it looks like you’ve all said no to the bare minimum, so there’s no point in continuing with anything at all. And have you seen the reaction from the indigenous community? That doesn’t seem like they felt it was useless. They’ve just been ignored again.

    I’m on the outside looking in, btw. From Ireland it looks like you’ve all been played by the No campaign.

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    • Whirlybird@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No, that couldn’t have been the start because it likely would have been the end too. What was proposed wasn’t the bare minimum, it was a complete embarrassment. It was a giant “trust us guys, we’re the government and we’ll definitely do the right thing”.

      No one got played. Maybe, just maybe, the majority of people saw this ridiculous waste of time and money as just that. A virtue signalling waste of time and money so the rich inner city lefties can feel good about themselves for ending racism by doing the absolutely smallest thing possible.

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      • GombeenSysadmin@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah, and if it went all the way, guaranteed senate seats, minimum employee numbers in all companies and universities, that would be going too far, wouldn’t it.

        Fucks sake. It might have had the chance to be the start of something, but you’ve all definitely made sure it’s the end of it now, haven’t ye.

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  • Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    All the details were on the sheet you wrote No on. Looking forward to all the helpful progressive policies getting passed now that you’ve voted no, what a champ.

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    • Whirlybird@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      All the details? Really? How many people would this government put on the board? How would they be selected?

      Point me to those details please.

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      • Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        We’re not going to be able to answer those questions because you voted no, were those really your hangups, though? How many people would be on the advisory board? If you’re actually curious to learn more, go have a read here It’s a bit late, though.

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