Comment on Are we going down the same path as US politics?
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’d argue we are:
- We have two heavily entrenched major parties, at least wholly or partially owned by corporate interests (ALP less so than LNP)
- Politicians going out of their way to create needless division and damage social cohesion, turning Australians against each other (see “antisemitism” and voice to parliament)
- Most people are politically disengaged voting along previous party lines or doing very little research due to hopelessness
- Political advertising and campaigning is becoming more and more disgusting with very little care given to facts, logic and science with an emphasis on “CoMMOn SeNSe”
It’s a little harder to go full fucked up US here owing partially to our mandatory preferential voting system (but don’t worry the QLD LNP are promising to get rid of that if elected). The system could be made much better though, we should ditch the idea of region based electorates and use some kind of proportional representation so that no matter where you live your voice will be heard.
No1@aussie.zone 1 month ago
You forgot the other common denominator:
Both US and Australia have Murdoch media
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Yes and we’ve probably got it worse because we also have 7 and 9 which are Coalition propaganda as well. The ABC is somewhat neutral, and 10 seem to be Liberal-leaning. No left-wing/Labor biased media to balance the rest and people’s trust in the impartiality of “the news” will only lead us further down this route
trk@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I never used to care about politics (you can thank the NBN debacle for opening my eyes), but its so hard to watch anything on free to air TV without noticing the massive positive bias towards the Liberals now. Everything is worded to ensure you take away the message they are pushing, as opposed to learning the facts. Half the news stories just end up as advertorials for Liberal policy with no balance or critique. Its no wonder people who dont really give a shit end up so anti-Labor/Greens without even realising why.
Was kinda happier being oblivious tbh.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I sometimes watch friendlyjordies but I have to take a break because it makes me feel really hopeless about society
TheHolm@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Power of TV is waning, younger generation live out social media, not TV. So things are going to turn worse.