You're not wrong in that the far-right will make their lives worse and voting for them is a self-defeating exercise (as we've seen in the US).
But everything else you wrote is precisely why this story is needed - to combat the classist elitism that dismisses the grievances of the working class, ignores the reality of their worsening living standards, fails to grasp that education levels are uneven (by systemic design) and reduces it all to them being “morons”.
So expecting the classes to understand and modify their own self-interests and modify the division of wealth is dialectical materialisms’ dreamtime.
The Candidates in various degrees of Messiahs, put their heads up with promises…the flock votes them into a system that is UNCHANGEABLE.
Then four years later…do it all again.
If the phenotype in a specific environment does not have the mental acuity to not become the stereotype…then there may well be a case made that given enough capitalism and enough political sophistry, the Hanson voter may indeed be the genotype moron.
With the qualifier that they are equally moronic with the other political party morons.
An observation that some will find eugenicist I’m sure.
It is despite the massive investment that has happened. Pakenham has an upgraded train line, the same one that goes into Oakleigh in fact, but Oakleigh gets Cranbourne trains too. The trains are not full until you hit Berwick in the morning also, to look at public transport but ignore the fact most people in Pakenham are trades and they all hop into Thier utes and drive to site or a factory.
Pakenham was the first home owner's grants from Howard for gen X, many have paid off Thier loans and just spend too much time watching skynews and Facebook getting angry when nothing is really making Thier life bad.
Try catching a train from Belgrave - not many more trains than Melton, and outside peak hour - which ends at 8am - it's every half hour. If the 8.04 is cancelled, bad luck until about 8.36; and the shelters were all replaced with facilities for the useless security people. Fantastic on a foggy winter morning in the dark when it's not far off zero celsius, and threatening to rain.
We're not likely to vote for Pauline; however, the Greens appear to be increasing their share of the vote, if the number of signs in front yards is anything to go by.
As someone living in one of these areas, I will be horrified if PHON get enough votes for our area.
We have a newly formed party The West Party, made up of independents. I am a swing voter, and would never vote PHON, am not happy with Labor or Libs either. Will do my thing to choose who l vote for though.
20-odd years ago Labor did have a vision, a plan to increase urban density, ramp up PT and services and stop the sprawl, remember Melbourne 2030... was never gonna be easy but they were feckless and caved to the developers and speculators, inadvertently creating disconnected satellites ripe for grievance politics
Can we stop the in-depth bullshit on this deus ex machina, that is Pauline Hanson?
One Nation will be what it has always been for what is a fundamentally a two-party system.
It is a stalking horse for the Liberal National Party.
The parliament votes either YES or NO on particular legislation and in that decision, there are mechanically only two parties.
And metaphysically of course ...Only ONE PARTY.
What is entertaining though is that with the Pauline Hanson gang...morons have the right to representation by their peers.
Too bad they will remain in denial when more and more the news comes out that the ugly bitch has ripped off all her acolytes wholesale.
Don't forget to vote morons.
You're not wrong in that the far-right will make their lives worse and voting for them is a self-defeating exercise (as we've seen in the US).
But everything else you wrote is precisely why this story is needed - to combat the classist elitism that dismisses the grievances of the working class, ignores the reality of their worsening living standards, fails to grasp that education levels are uneven (by systemic design) and reduces it all to them being “morons”.
Das Kapital is what Das Kapital does.
THAT is the story that needs to be told.
So expecting the classes to understand and modify their own self-interests and modify the division of wealth is dialectical materialisms’ dreamtime.
The Candidates in various degrees of Messiahs, put their heads up with promises…the flock votes them into a system that is UNCHANGEABLE.
Then four years later…do it all again.
If the phenotype in a specific environment does not have the mental acuity to not become the stereotype…then there may well be a case made that given enough capitalism and enough political sophistry, the Hanson voter may indeed be the genotype moron.
With the qualifier that they are equally moronic with the other political party morons.
An observation that some will find eugenicist I’m sure.
No, just an observation that one can read a whole volume of Das Kapital and still not understand its intention.
Not sure its’ (DK)s intent was more than observation.
Interesting how its Jewish exponent and its “communism” label, was poo-pooed. ….Given that all things now be Jewy.
Capitalism creates capital classes.
Hanson will rob everyone, change nothing and capitalism rolls on.
The powers that shouldn’t be, above the powers we see, are rubbing their hands with grabbling glee at the deus ex machina that is Pauline Hanson.
Sadly, you can’t keep fools from their destiny and voting to change your destiny or change the priorities of governments is a mugs game.
….absit omen.
If One Nation pick up seats it will be the Labor Party's fault. Very scary.
It is despite the massive investment that has happened. Pakenham has an upgraded train line, the same one that goes into Oakleigh in fact, but Oakleigh gets Cranbourne trains too. The trains are not full until you hit Berwick in the morning also, to look at public transport but ignore the fact most people in Pakenham are trades and they all hop into Thier utes and drive to site or a factory.
Pakenham was the first home owner's grants from Howard for gen X, many have paid off Thier loans and just spend too much time watching skynews and Facebook getting angry when nothing is really making Thier life bad.
Try catching a train from Belgrave - not many more trains than Melton, and outside peak hour - which ends at 8am - it's every half hour. If the 8.04 is cancelled, bad luck until about 8.36; and the shelters were all replaced with facilities for the useless security people. Fantastic on a foggy winter morning in the dark when it's not far off zero celsius, and threatening to rain.
We're not likely to vote for Pauline; however, the Greens appear to be increasing their share of the vote, if the number of signs in front yards is anything to go by.
As someone living in one of these areas, I will be horrified if PHON get enough votes for our area.
We have a newly formed party The West Party, made up of independents. I am a swing voter, and would never vote PHON, am not happy with Labor or Libs either. Will do my thing to choose who l vote for though.
Some serious upgrades are needed out West.
20-odd years ago Labor did have a vision, a plan to increase urban density, ramp up PT and services and stop the sprawl, remember Melbourne 2030... was never gonna be easy but they were feckless and caved to the developers and speculators, inadvertently creating disconnected satellites ripe for grievance politics