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Liberal Party run by 'weird collection of cookers and crackpots': Chalmers (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 weeks ago by kuribo@aussie.zone to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

21st century right wing in a nutshell

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

20th century right wing wasn't very different.

[–] kuribo@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I kind of disagree, slightly.

For a chunk of the 20th century, the science-denying, conspiracy theorising, vibes-over-facts people were associated with the left, in the form of hippies.

In the 21st century it flipped. But then, many of the cookers today were hippies in the 60s and 70s. They were just caught up in the social media alt right trap.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

I was cheekily thinking more of occult nazi types which wasn't just a thing in the movies.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

The Hippies are also the baby boomers. The people are the same, it's only their politics that have shifted.

[–] yistdaj@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's interesting how we're all prone to conspiracy theories whenever mainstream narratives don't fit our beliefs.

I feel like the inflection point was some time around 2008, but it's just a guess.