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Considering almost half Tasmanian adults are functionally illiterate that seems like One Nation is doing pretty poorly in their core demographic. Maybe if more mining kicks off in Tassie Gina will give enough fucks about the balance of power and buy some electorates for her sock puppet party.

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[–] shads@lemy.lol 0 points 1 month ago (6 children)

And if you can't see what a bunch of dog whistles all of that is you are as cooked as the people who posted all that in the first place. The numbers are already dropping from the spike after Covid. People are already losing jobs that interact with international markets, for example international education. We need to build more houses... Absolutely. Looks like the government is already trying to tweak the levers to incentivise investment into construction over hoarding existing properties.

You have been proselytized by the owner class, they own the property, they own the businesses and they own the media and they convince you that the only way to make the smallest of forward steps is at the expense of someone weaker than you. The more time we spend squabbling among ourselves the less time we spend thinking of ways to start taking back the wealth they have stolen from us, continue to steal from us.

As soon as there are no more Billionaires, no more corporations paying effectively zero tax, no more politicians that are owned by people who's interests are the exact opposite of the public good I will accept there just isn't enough to go round. That is common sense. Australia returning to isolationism will just prove the words of Lee Kuan Yew right.

We can aspire to be more than peasants. We don't have to hand our government over to the mining companies and their robber baron CEOs. Plus you know once the PHONeys get their way with migrants, it's trans people, then the rest of the LGBT community.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

There’s the first sign you’ve got no real argument, playing the dog whistle card. Supply and demand is not a dog whistle.

The rest of your rant about “stolen wealth” and “billionaires bad” is just the typical communist garbage.

[–] shads@lemy.lol 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Oh yeah, you are right of course, all the economic indicators around widening wealth gap and shrinking middle class are just communist delusions. You numpty. I am not a communist or an aspiring communist, sorry you picked the wrong boogeyman to assign me. I would probably align with weak Socialism if anything but I do believe democracy can work so social democrat in terms of outlook. Nobody has EARNT a billion dollars ever and the existence of billionaires is a strong sign of the rot that has set in to "free market" economies worldwide. No amount of bleating about different ethnic groups will fix that, but it sure keeps the rubes distracted, so enjoy the taste of those boots as long as you can while "advocating" for "freedom".

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nobody has EARNT a billion dollars ever

Classic communist thinking.

[–] shads@lemy.lol 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You still don't know what a communist is. I don't know what upsets me more about people like you, that you might be dumb enough to believe the shit you dribble, or that you are disingenuous and self loathing enough to confidently and stridently shout this shit knowing it is, in fact, shit.

Either way I think I am done with you, I have consistently delivered reasoned and cogent arguments in all of our interactions, you have dribbled shit. I already have a full time job I can't hold down another one shouting you down. So farewell, I hope one day you can reach a place of understanding that society needs to exist for the benefit of the most people not just the boot that's currently stepping on you.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Classic lost the argument projecting.

[–] shads@lemy.lol 0 points 4 weeks ago

Nope. Just listening to the advice, often attributed somewhat dubiously to George Carlin, about not arguing with idiots.

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